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

Hand stencils – produced by throwing or blowing pigment at hands placed against a wall – are among the most iconic forms of ...

The property will now appear on the List as Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain. The property represents the apogee of Paleolithic cave art that developed across Europe, from ...

They predated when early humans arrived in Europe and were dated accurately with a state-of-the-art uranium-thorium technique. The study was published in the journal Science Advances by the ...

whose discovery in 1940 was of great importance for the history of prehistoric art. The hunting scenes show some 100 animal figures, which are remarkable for their detail, rich colours and lifelike ...