The earliest Greek cave art depicting extinct animals was discovered on Crete and is believed to be at least 11,000 years old ...

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

Amid the Second World War, four young boys unearthed a Paleolithic masterpiece when they stumbled upon a cave in southwest ...

Bracelets and other offerings found in a sacred cave in Mexico. Credit: CINAH Guerrero Near Carrizal de Bravo in the Sierra of Guerrero, a cave known as Tlayócoc has revealed an archaeological ...

But a new study examining the oldest human remains found in Europe has given scientists clues ... Then, check out the 40,000-year-old cave painting of a cow — the oldest animal drawing in the world. A ...

The painting, which stretches over 14 feet of cave wall, depicts at least eight figures armed with what appear to be spears or ropes. They are surrounding and hunting native Sulawesi animals: warty ...

The discovery pushes the origins of narrative art far beyond Europe. For years, it was believed that figurative painting began with the Cave of Lascaux in France, dating back about 17,000 years ago.

As well as the cache of weapons, the archaeologists excavating the cave have also found an ancient fireplace or "hearth"; coprolites, or fossilized human feces; and the folded-up hide of a ...

Scott Lomax, the city council's archaeologist, said the figure was over double the number of discovered caves, which were known about when modern records began in 2009. "I feel confident that ...

An Indonesian archaeologist named Hamrullah — who is also an avid caver — climbed up a fig tree to access the narrow entryway of a cave in southern Sulawesi. There, the researcher discovered an ...

Based on archeological findings, many of the prehistoric finger paintings found by archeologists on cave walls were actually drawn by the same demographic currently renowned for its finger painting ...