In 1879, a landowner and amateur archaeologist named Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola ventured into a newly discovered cave system in northern Spain. Hoping to find prehistoric tools, he kept his eyes fixed ...

For decades, the story of art was simple: humans arrived, creativity followed. Cave paintings, symbolic markings, and ...

Throughout Siberia, ancient cave paintings have been discovered that depict an array of extinct megafauna. These works of art offer an intriguing glimpse into the prehistoric era, illuminating the ...

Researchers recently dated charcoal drawings in Borneo’s Gua Sireh Cave to around the 18th century CE, giving a colonial context to the artwork. Gua Sireh is in Malaysian Borneo. The cave’s limestone ...

Marcel Ravidat, an 18-year-old student, was exploring the woods in Montignac in Dordogne, southern France, when his dog named ...

NEUQUEN, Argentina (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered the earliest dated cave paintings in South America in Argentine Patagonia, dating back 8,200 years. The 895 paintings were found by ...

Two charcoal drawings from 1670 to 1830 correspond with written and oral histories of violence against the Bidayuh Indigenous people. (all photos courtesy Paul Taçon) The Gua Sireh Cave in Sarawak, ...

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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Officials at Dunbar Cave State Park reported that the oldest cave art in the U.S. was “completely submerged,” which “has never happened before.” Boardwalks throughout the ...

A cave in Patagonia houses the oldest known pigment-based rock art in South America. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A gallery's ...