Located in a strange lunar landscape of great geological interest, this site has one of the most important groupings of prehistoric cave art in the world. More than 15,000 drawings and engravings ...

The eight-mile wall of art was created by the first humans of the Amazon some 12,500 years ago Prehistoric rock art discovered in Colombia is being hailed as the “Sistine Chapel of the ancients ...

vaunted the region as “the greatest museum of prehistoric art in the whole world.” These alfresco galleries are an eloquent ethnological record of the peoples who were drawn here through the ages.

Explore stunning prehistoric caves in southern France, where cave tours with ancient artwork are a must-see experience for ...

One day, these sites may receive world heritage status. However, their story would be incomplete until the larger narrative ...

The Vézère valley contains 147 prehistoric sites dating from the Palaeolithic and 25 decorated caves. It is particularly interesting from an ethnological and anthropological, as well as an aesthetic ...

A team of Tel Aviv University researchers from the field of prehistoric archaeology has ... The researchers explain, "Next to many cave paintings, there is clear evidence of the presence of ...

not works of art. The problem is, many of the figurines discovered so far—predators such as lions and bears—don’t correspond to what prehistoric people ate. (Their diet consisted largely of ...

A remarkable set of prehistoric rock art sites likely provided hunter-gatherers with an enchanting "multisensory experience" thanks to their special acoustic properties, a study has revealed.

In 1963, the French government closed the Lascaux cave, restricting access to some of the world’s best examples of prehistoric art over concerns that carbon dioxide from visitors’ breathing ...