da Kogon Lascaux, wanda ke yankin Dordogne a kudu maso yamma Faransa, Sun ƙunshi wasu tsofaffi da ingantattun kayan alatun fasaha a duniya. Zane-zanen kogon, wanda galibi ke nuna dabbobi, sun kai kimanin shekaru 17.000 kuma sun bayyana ne don yin wata manufa ta al'ada.
Saboda rashin rubutattun bayanai, ba za'a iya sanin dalilin zane-zanen kogon da tabbaci ba. Koyaya, babban ingancin aikin da kuma yawan ƙoƙarin da aka ƙunsa (ana amfani da zane don isa ga mafi girman ɓangaren ganuwar, alal misali), yana nuna cewa wuri ne mai tsarki wanda wataƙila an yi amfani dashi don tsafi.
Wasu gungun yara maza hudu da suka gano karensu kwatsam suka gano shi, wani masanin binciken kayayyakin tarihi dan kasar Faransa Henri Breuil (1877-1961) ne ya fara nazarin shi.
Bayan an ɓoye tsawon shekaru 17.000, kogon Lascaux suna cikin cikakken yanayi lokacin da aka gano su. Amma, haɗakarwar tasirin keɓaɓɓen haske da baƙi 100.000 a shekara ba da daɗewa ba sun lalata barna mai yawa.
Yawancin batutuwan tarihi masu arziƙi sun ɓace, launuka masu haske na zane-zanen sun shuɗe, kuma yadudduka masu lalata algae, ƙwayoyin cuta, da lu'ulu'u mai ƙyalli wanda aka kafa a bangon.
A ƙarshe, a cikin 1963, an rufe kogon ga jama'a kuma an fara aikin maidowa. Har zuwa 1979, an ayyana kogon Lascaux a matsayin Gidan Tarihin Duniya tare da koguna sama da 20 da aka zana a yankin.
Daya daga cikin fitattun shafuka ana kiranta da Caverna del Pozo inda aka samu zanen bison, wanda cikinsa, ya huda mashi, yana nuna kayan cikinshi a warwatse, a gaban wani mafarauci tare da kan tsuntsu wanda wani abin tsoro ya kashe shi.
Ya kamata a ƙara cewa a cikin 1983, wani abu da aka aiwatar a hankali wanda aka sani da Lascaux II ya buɗe ƙofofinsa ga jama'a. Da yake kan tsauni ɗaya kamar na asali, kwatankwacin kogon ya ɗauki shekaru 10 kafin a kammala shi. Wani mai zane-zanen gida mai suna Monique Peytral ne ya sake kirkirar zanen tare da sanya hankali sosai.