Archaeologists discovered ancient unfired clay sculptures in a sacred cave in Oaxaca, Mexico, revealing insights into ...

An engraved panel from Aswan may show one of Egypt's earliest political elites. It reveals how rulers used art to claim space ...

She gazes out with piercing blue eyes. Her face, neither pale nor dark, sits framed by long, dark hair. If you passed her in the street today, she might not seem out of place. But this woman died more ...

The woman’s remains were found in the Margaux cave in Dinant during an archaeological dig in 1988-1989 alongside the bodies of eight other women, said De Groote. This was “an unusual finding” as most ...

8,400-Year-Old Mysterious Figurine Found in Cave Reveals Unexpected Mesolithic Symbolism In a cave in Azerbaijan, archaeologists have uncovered an 8,400-year-old figurine that could rewrite the story ...

Archaeologists keep finding older and older cave art. Here’s what it could tell us about how humans evolved over time.

What does prehistoric art tell us? Where does art begin? When in prehistoric human life did the drive start that spun poems, painting, and symphonies? It’s not difficult to reason from what we ...

The familiar cave art from Lascaux, France is a mere 17,000 years old. Photo: Shutterstock The post World’s Oldest Cave Art Found in Indonesia appeared first on Explorersweb.

"We, as humans, define ourselves as a species that tells stories, and these are the oldest evidence of us doing that," academic Maxime Aubert told Newsweek.

Archaeologists have discovered the earliest dated cave paintings in South America in Argentine Patagonia, dating back 8,200 years.