Replica caves, the way forward?

[ALEXW]

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2015/feb/26/rock-school-worlds-oldest-and-best-preserved-prehistoric-rock-art-recreated-in-55m-replica-cave-in-southern-france?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2

Lets all chip in and commission a replica of Peak Dale Tunnel :halo:

 

[Pitlamp]

The French seem to be quite good at this sort of thing; Lascaux Deux is very impressive.

 

[Laurie]

Better than the Victorian idea of nicking stuff from one cave and glueing up in a more accessible one.....

 

[graham]

The French seem to be quite good at this sort of thing; Lascaux Deux is very impressive.

The first impression that I took from L2 was that it did not smell like a cave. The replica of Altamira is even more impressive and a trip through that in the morning helped a lot in viewing the original in the afternoon.

In neither case, however, is the entire cave reproduced and it is my understanding that the same applies to the Chauvet replica.

But you can see why they do it: L2 is the most visited tourist attraction in France outside Paris (counting Versailles as being in Paris). Montignac in August is really rather busy, to say the least.

 

[Pegasus]

Lets all chip in and commission a replica of Peak Dale Tunnel :halo:

Had me laughing out loud that did 

 

[Blakethwaite]

Part of the show mine at Killhope is a recreation and it works. It allows the public easy access to 'workings' that would not be possible on site or perhaps desirable elsewhere in the area. I also suspect that half of the experts who dismiss it as a 'plastic-mine' would be none the wiser were they not forewarned.