Prehistoric cave paintings; Egyptian pyramids and temples; classical Greek statues. As the Ice Age glaciers melted, European civilization was born—and with it, so was art. From the Stone Age came ...

In a remote stretch of canyon country along the US-Mexico border, painted walls are rewriting what we think we know about the ...

The ibex is far from a humble mountain goat—it’s one of history’s most enduring artistic symbols. So prolific is its presence in prehistoric art, in fact, that a new study suggests the animal held ...

Was the majority of prehistoric cave art in southwestern Europe done by women? That’s the theory put forth in a study conducted by archeologist Dean Snow, and it’s a welcome challenge to the long-held ...

Described as the "most important piece of prehistoric art to be found in Britain in the last 100 years", an elaborately decorated 5,000-year-old chalk cylinder, buried with three child skeletons in ...