Here’s something to shut you off in mid-scroll: deliberate cave paintings in France have just been dated back at least 57,000 ...

Scientists have discovered a painting of three human figures surrounding a large pig in a cave on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Using a new technique where a laser nips off several tiny pieces ...

The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had ...

At least with these drawings, you'll be proud to display them on the fridge. Archaeologists have uncovered cave drawings located in eastern France that are more than 12,000 years old, but remained ...

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 ...

Dunbar Cave, home of numerous petroglyphs and pictographs dating back at least 800 years, was submerged by a flood in ...

Archaeologists have discovered a "major" Paleolithic cave art site in Spain that contains more than a hundred individual designs. The collection of prehistoric paintings and engravings is thought to ...

The British sculptor Antony Gormley and the Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed an installation evoking the ancient Roman dome. Building it was complicated.

The island of Sulawesi in Indonesia is home to cave art dating back more than 45,000 years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Some ...

When archaeologists tried out a new technique to determine the age of Spain's most famous Paleolithic cave paintings, they were surprised to discover that the paintings were thousands of years older ...

To reach the only place in the world where cave paintings of prehistoric marine life have been found, archaeologists have to dive to the bottom of the Mediterranean off southern France. Then they have ...