The existence of ancient cave paintings in Brazil have been revealed for the first time - two years after they were ...

A fascinating new study suggests that ancient rock art in South Africa may depict a now-extinct species. According to research published in September 2024, the mysterious tusked animal in the artwork ...

Amid the Second World War, four young boys unearthed a Paleolithic masterpiece when they stumbled upon a cave in southwest ...

whereas most of the country’s ancient art—including the famous prehistoric cave paintings of Altamira—is in northern Spain. First explored by Ruiz-Redondo and colleagues in 2021, Cova Dones ...

Sulawesi’s rock art was first discovered in the 1950s ... a form of iron oxide used frequently in ancient cave paintings. This is where Aubert comes in. Instead of analyzing pigment from ...

Ancient cave paintings have been discovered in Rio de Janeiro's Itatiaia National Park. Preliminary investigations suggest ...

Rock art, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil. ITATIAIA NATIONAL PARK, BRAZIL––Agência Brasil reports that ancient paintings were recently located in a cave in Itatiaia National P ...

Why would prehistoric humans carry their youngest children deep into the winding, pitch-black recesses of ancient caves?

A new study unveils the potential reason children participated in creating prehistoric cave art. In prehistoric societies, ...

A rare discovery of 3,000-year-old cave paintings in a national park near Rio de Janeiro offers new insights into ancient ...

The perennial popularity of botanical art ...

Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near ... in caves with cave paintings, a new understanding is emerging regarding the role of children in the creation of cave art.