A 50,000 year-old cave painting found in Indonesia tells us about the evolution of humans and the importance of visual ...

Safeguarding history - The cave has still not been fully explored. But authorities are extremely cautious in protecting the ...

One hypothesis is that the art is reflects "sympathetic magic," a ritual aimed at bringing good luck to the hunters. The true significance of these magnificent cave paintings at Lascaux and ...

This was also in accord with the age of pottery fragments ancient artists left in the cave. The problem is seeing the paintings. The cave ceiling is only 60cm high, which makes stepping back to ...

The object was found at Coto Correa in Las Chapas, a site that has been known since the 1950s, when archaeologists first ...

ANCIENT rock carvings etched over 200,000 years ago could be the oldest ever uncovered, archaeologists believe. The exciting ...

"but this is a death cave." Representatives of the Mirning people said the art could not be recovered or repaired. "It's abuse to our country, and it's abuse to our history," Senior Mirning elder ...

Who made the first drawings? Prehistoric close prehistoricA period of time before history was written. cave art is one of the earliest forms of drawing. Many examples of cave art include drawings ...

Deep inside a labyrinthine cave in south-western France, ancient humans who lived around 30,000 years ago carved horses, ...

A piece of Native American history in Clarksville could be lost ... The state is currently assessing the potential damage to the cave and tribal art, Tennessee Environment and Conservation Senior ...