{"id":15278,"date":"2026-01-03T09:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T07:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/?p=15278"},"modified":"2026-01-03T10:05:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T08:05:56","slug":"la-verite-sur-la-grotte-cosquer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/2026\/01\/03\/la-verite-sur-la-grotte-cosquer\/","title":{"rendered":"La v\u00e9rit\u00e9 sur la grotte Cosquer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p>L\u2019histoire de la d\u00e9couverte de la Grotte Cosquer \u00e0 Marseille est d\u00e9sormais compl\u00e8te et fait avancer nos connaissances. La r\u00e9v\u00e9lation publique de l\u2019existence d\u2019une deuxi\u00e8me entr\u00e9e par le haut du site abritant des peintures rupestres remarquables parach\u00e8ve un r\u00e9cit d\u2019une des plus belles aventures humaines de ces trente derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es. C\u2019est Thierry Betton qui a l\u2019intuition de ce second acc\u00e8s qu\u2019il d\u00e9couvre en mars 1992. Il ne s\u2019agit pas ici de pol\u00e9miquer et de mettre en concurrence cette trouvaille avec le p\u00e9riple incroyable du premier d\u00e9couvreur de la grotte, Henri Cosquer, qui donnera son nom \u00e0 l\u2019ensemble. Simplement, l\u2019existence de cette autre entr\u00e9e, par le haut, va \u00eatre d\u00e9cisive pour \u00e9tudier et dater les fabuleux dessins et gravures vieux de 33\u00a0000 \u00e0 19\u00a0000 avant notre \u00e9poque\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p><b>Mettre \u00e0 jour le r\u00e9cit<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Car l\u2019acc\u00e8s au site par le \u00ab\u00a0chemin\u00a0\u00bb du bas est plus que difficile pour qui ne ma\u00eetrise pas \u00e0 la perfection la sp\u00e9l\u00e9ologie sous-marine. Or, les pal\u00e9ontologues ont pu acc\u00e9der \u00e0 la grotte gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 cette entr\u00e9e par le haut, am\u00e9nag\u00e9e par Thierry Betton et ses \u00e9quipiers. Les scientifiques ont travaill\u00e9 in situ et dat\u00e9 pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment l\u2019origine des dessins et les p\u00e9riodes d\u2019occupation du site par nos anc\u00eatres. Les pr\u00e9historiens Jean Courtin et Jean Clottes, qui ont men\u00e9 ce long et pr\u00e9cieux travail, ont relat\u00e9 dans des ouvrages, d\u2019une clart\u00e9 totale, les secrets de la Grotte Cosquer. Sa r\u00e9plique parfaite \u00e0 Marseille offre au public un voyage sensible dans le temps et dans les entrailles de la Grotte. Il est plus que souhaitable de mettre \u00e0 jour le r\u00e9cit officiel en l\u2019enrichissant de l\u2019histoire de la seconde entr\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"L&rsquo;histoire de la d&eacute;couverte de la Grotte Cosquer &agrave; Marseille est d&eacute;sormais compl&egrave;te et fait avancer nos connaissances. 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