Rivière continues to excavate here for five years, discovering many artifacts together with a lamp with an image of an ibex. In 1895, for the primary time a cave with decorations from the Paleolithic is recognised as such in France, when the cave of la Mouthe is investigated by archaeologist Émile Rivière. The primary decorated cave of the area was found in 1896 at La Mouthe: it was the fourth decorated cave present in Europe, ...