A pig painting inside an Indonesian cave has been dated to 43,900 years old, making it among the oldest—if not the oldest—known figurative art piece in the archaeological record.

Scientists have discovered a painting of three human figures surrounding a large pig in a cave on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Using a new technique where a laser nips off several tiny ...

These 8,000-year-old hand prints in cave painting weren’t made by humans, scientist claims Rob Waugh Published March 1, 2016 8:24pm Updated December 11, 2019 3:04pm Comments ...

OLD HANDS Stencils made by blowing pigment over a person’s hand dot the walls of Spain’s El Castillo cave. One of the stencils has been dated to at least 37,300 years ago.

Archaeologists have discovered the world's oldest known cave painting: a life-sized picture of a wild pig that was made at least 45,500 years ago in Indonesia. The finding described in the journal ...

The cave painting "dates are solid," said Roebroeks. The researchers dated calcite minerals both below the paint and the calcite that had crusted on top to establish a window in time for when the ...

The oldest piece of art the team dated—a large painting of an unidentified animal, probably a species of wild cattle—was found to have a minimum age of 40,000 years old, making it the oldest ...