The Cave of Mayrières supérieure (french: Grotte de Mayrières supérieure, en, Upper Mayriere Cave) is an archaeological site near Bruniquel,

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, which contained two prehistoric cave paintings of bison until they were erased during an attempt to remove modern graffiti by members of the Eclaireurs de France, a French scouting association. The act earned them the 1992

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in Archaeology.

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Paintings before removal
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