In 1879, a landowner and amateur archaeologist named Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola ventured into a newly discovered cave system in northern Spain. Hoping to find prehistoric tools, he kept his eyes fixed ...

A cave painting on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi may be the oldest evidence of narrative art ever discovered, researchers say. The artwork, which depicts a human-like figure interacting with a ...

Throughout Siberia, ancient cave paintings have been discovered that depict an array of extinct megafauna. These works of art offer an intriguing glimpse into the prehistoric era, illuminating the ...

A prehistoric painting in Indonesia has been dated to at least 51,200 years ago, making it the earliest known example of "figurative" cave art in the world and perhaps the oldest known surviving ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists believe the painting, which is located inside the Liang Metanduno limestone cave on Muna, an island off of Sulawesi, ...

International scientists have discovered a stencil of a hand in Indonesia that dates back nearly 68,000 years, making it the oldest known cave artwork ever discovered, per a study published Wednesday ...

Listen to Universe of Art on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn or your favorite podcasting app. In July, researchers discovered the oldest known cave art. It was found in a ...

The painting was found inside the Liang Metanduno limestone cave in Indonesia Cover Images via AP Images Researchers have discovered an outline of a hand inside a cave in Indonesia, which could be the ...

Researchers have discovered an outline of a hand inside a cave in Indonesia, which could be the oldest cave art ever found Archeologists also believe Indigenous Australians created the art The piece ...