{"id":10352,"date":"2024-03-11T18:14:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T17:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/provencelovers.fr\/visit-musee-prehistoire-regionale-menton\/"},"modified":"2024-05-27T18:29:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T16:29:43","slug":"visit-museum-prehistory-regional-menton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/provencelovers.fr\/en\/visit-museum-prehistory-regional-menton\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum of Regional Prehistory (Menton): visit + photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Spending a few days in Menton? Dive into the depths of the region’s past with a visit to the Museum of Prehistory of Menton<\/strong>. You’ll meet the first inhabitants of this small part of the C\u00f4te d’Azur.Here are some useful tips<\/strong> for planning your visit to the Museum of Prehistory in Menton.<\/p>\n\n

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This guide is completely independent<\/strong>, based on our experiences. We visited the region anonymously, making our own choices and paying our bills in full.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Is a visit to Menton’s Museum of Prehistory worthwhile?<\/h2>\n\n

Yes, the museum is well worth a visit. It’s one of our favorite things to do in Menton, and the dedicated article will be online soon. Created on the initiative of naturalist and archaeologist Stanislas Bonfils, the museum showcases the region’s prehistoric collections<\/strong> and demonstrates how people of the time faced contemporary issues such as climate change and biodiversity. We also loved the permanent exhibition devoted to the wreck treasures of the Mediterranean<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

This is one of Menton’s main attractions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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What you can see<\/h2>\n\n

The bones of the Grotte du Vallonet<\/h3>\n\n

The Grotte du Vallonet was home to prehistoric man over a million years ago. Thousands ofmammal bones<\/strong> have been discovered in the sediments: bear, hyena, saber-toothed tiger, cheetah, Eurasian jaguar, leopard, rhinoceros, southern elephant, equine, wild boar…<\/p>\n\n

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Fire at Terra Amata<\/h3>\n\n

The Terra Amata site, near Nice, is one of the oldest prehistoric sites where evidence of the mastery of fire<\/strong> has been found, dating back 400,000 years. A fundamental innovation to improve living comfort for prehistoric man.<\/p>\n\n

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Bifaces from the Grotte du Lazaret<\/h3>\n\n

150,000 years ago, the Grotte du Lazaret in Nice was still home to deer and ibex hunters. The bifaces<\/strong> they used to process their carcasses have been found there. <\/p>\n\n

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Art in the Grimaldi Caves<\/h3>\n\n

The Grimaldi Caves, near Ventimiglia on the border between Italy and France, were home to the first modern humans 37,000 years ago. They left marks of their artistic practices<\/strong> on the walls.<\/p>\n\n

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Female statuettes<\/h3>\n\n

The Grimaldi Caves<\/strong> are also famous for the small female statuettes discovered there at the end of the 19th<\/sup> century. 25,000 years ago, these statuettes probably symbolized fertility.<\/p>\n\n

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The Man from Menton<\/h3>\n\n

We were very interested in the reconstruction of a prehistoric burial site<\/strong>. It’s that of the Menton Man, exhumed at the end of the 19th century in one of the Grimaldi Caves. The skull features numerous shells. According to the study of his pelvis, the Menton Man was… a woman<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n

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The tools of the Grotte de l’Adaouste<\/h3>\n\n

The museum presents an exceptional Neolithic collection<\/strong> discovered in the Grotte de l’Adaouste in the Bouches-du-Rh\u00f4ne region. It testifies to the importance of hunting at a time when agriculture and animal husbandry were still in their infancy.<\/p>\n\n

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The engravings on Mont Bego<\/h3>\n\n

These famous engravings illustrate the Bronze Age<\/strong> period, which began 4,000 years ago. The museum features a number of large representative casts, as well as bronze objects and ceramics from regional sites. <\/p>\n\n

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WHERE TO STAY IN Menton<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Option 1: Downtown<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy the charm of the old town and all its restaurants.We recommend..:<\/p>\n\n\n\n