Some drawings at Lascaux are 2.5 to 3.5 meters (8.2 to 11.4 feet) from the floor of the cave near the chambers’ ceilings. To ...

In 2018, researchers from the University of Southampton analyzed hand silhouettes painted on the wall of the Maltravieso cave ...

From a marble god stashed in a sewer to a mysterious ancient object whose use has been lost to time, the best archaeological ...

Old Cave Paintings' Mysterious Dots and Marks Indicate Ice Age Hunter-Gatherers Used a Lunar Calendar Cave drawings have ...

The painting is the earliest known example of representational art The oldest example of figurative cave art has been discovered in the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi by Australian and Indonesian ...

MY friend, Mr. George W. Stow, of Queenstown, South Africa, refers in a letter to the interesting subject of the old cave-paintings by the Bushmen, as follows: “During the last three years I ...

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 new findings suggest that Manot Cave’s deepest chamber was likely a gathering space for rituals that enhanced social ...

Here’s why South Dakota is the ‘undisputed queen of maze caves’ in the U.S. Here’s why South Dakota is the ‘undisputed queen of maze caves’ in the U.S. This 45,500-year-old pig ...

Art was previously thought to be a behaviour unique to our species (Homo sapiens) and far beyond our evolutionary cousins. The cave paintings include stencilled impressions of Neanderthal hands ...