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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEUQUEN, Argentina, March 7 (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 ...

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 ...

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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, ...

Ancient humans painted scenes in Indonesian caves more than 45,000 years ago, but their art is disappearing rapidly. Researchers are trying to discover what’s causing the damage and how to stop it — ...

MONTIGNAC, France -- The regal black bull painted by a Stone Age artist on a cave wall in southwestern France 17,000 years ago has survived millennia of war and pestilence just a few yards above its ...

Researchers in Spain used Apple iPhone’s built-in LiDAR sensor to create a 3D map of a cave with hundreds of prehistoric cave paintings. Digital model of La Pileta cave Cueva de la Pileta is a cave in ...