That likely makes it the oldest-known example of figurative art anywhere in the world—the world’s very first picture. It’s among more than a dozen other dated cave paintings on Sulawesi that ...

South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, ...

To allow visitors to continue to engage with the emotional experience of the cave art, a series of replicas of the original paintings were created, including a real-scale replica called Lascaux IV ...

In a hidden valley on an Indonesian island, there is a cave decorated with what may be the oldest figurative art ever glimpsed by modern eyes. The vivid depiction of a wild pig, outlined and ...

Tucked away in the heart of the Ariège Pyrenees, the Niaux Cave is not just another archaeological site; it’s a time machine, offering an incredible glimpse into the distant past. Discovered in 1906 ...

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 ...

"It's abuse to our country and it's abuse to our history. What's gone is gone and we're never going to get it back." ...

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 ...

Newly dated cave art from Sulawesi have now been determined as among the oldest human art yet discovered. Prehistoric paintings at least 40,000 years old that depict animals – including a babir ...

Ancient cave paintings have been discovered in Rio de ... “Regions with shelters and caves featuring rock art are rarely isolated sites. We’re investing in exploring this area.

Ancient rock paintings have been uncovered in a cave within Brazil's Itatiaia National Park. Located at an altitude of 2,350 meters in the Mantiqueira Mountains on the border of Rio de Janeiro and ...

Newly dated cave art from Sulawesi have now been determined as among the oldest human art yet discovered. Prehistoric paintings at least 40,000 years old that depict animals – including a babir ...