Archaeologists in Spain have discovered prehistoric paintings in hard-to-reach caves in the east of the country using drone technology. The use of drones allowed researchers to quickly gather evidence ...

Archaeologists are pushing the origins of art far deeper into prehistory than anyone expected, revealing painted symbols and ...

The discovery of more than 100 prehistoric structures in the Cova Dones cave in Spain makes it one of the most significant prehistoric underground sites in the world. Archaeologists found stalagmites ...

A hand stencil design on the wall of a cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Kinez Riza A recently released study claiming that some of the paintings in the Maros-Pangkep caves in Indonesia are nearly as old ...

Researchers in Spain used Apple iPhone’s built-in LiDAR sensor to create a 3D map of a cave with hundreds of prehistoric cave paintings. Digital model of La Pileta cave Cueva de la Pileta is a cave in ...

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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 seem to ...

The man doused the paintings to make them clearer for photos he wanted to share on Facebook. Jaén Province, Spain, Andalucia. In 1998, UNESCO declared a total of 69 sites of prehistoric rock art in ...

Deep beneath the French countryside, a set of faint engravings on a cave floor is forcing archaeologists to rethink when ...