Altamira+Cave

Altamira Cave is similar to Lascaux Cave. It has cave drawings made a long time ago by Neanderthals. Except, Altamira Cave is located in Spain, and instead of being discovered by four teenagers and a dog it was discovered by an amateur archaeologist. Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola followed his nine year-old daughter to discover the cave's illustrations in 1879. The cave was excavated by Sautuola and archaeologist Juan Vilanova y Piera from the University of Madrid. The cave opened in 1880 for tours. Like Lascaux Cave due to the high amount of visitors carbon dioxide made the cave shut down in 1977.