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

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The oldest known images on cave walls and stone fragments are forcing a rewrite of who first made art and how sophisticated ...

Discover how ancient conch shell trumpets in Spain helped Neolithic people communicate over distances 6,000 years ago. New study reveals their horn like sounds and cultural role.

The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc cave is a relatively recent discovery: December 1994. Located at Vallon-Pont-d'Arc in the Ardèche ...

It comes to auction with a £60,000-£80,000 ($80,370-$107,160) estimate. In ancient Rome, private residences often reflected the citizenry’s love for the mosaic tradition through artworks, like a ...

Discovered by chance off the coast of Marseille in 1985, Cosquer Cave is an exceptional Paleolithic site whose entrance lies ...

In a groundbreaking discovery that sheds new light on the prehistoric origins of art and human creativity, researchers from ...

Natufian clay figurine from Israel reveals an early story about how people connected with animals and used art to understand their world.

The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had trouble believing that modern humans from the Upper Paleolithic (between 45,000 ...

In a groundbreaking archaeological discovery that reshapes our understanding of Paleolithic art, researchers have uncovered the earliest evidence of blue mineral pigment use in Europe. Dating back ...

Maria Guagnin et al/The Conversation About 12,000 years ago, high up on a cliff in the desert of northern Arabia, an artist (or perhaps artists) was hard at work. Standing on a narrow ledge and with ...