Werner Herzog’s new documentary Cave ... quad poster. Having gained access to the newly discovered Chauvet caves in the South of France, Herzog’s new film uncovers the beautiful cave paintings ...

Cave paintings can tell us a lot about the people who painted them. For starters, they indicate that a particular culture made time for art. They also tell us that these people valued art as well as ...

A poster outside the cave warns of an “archaeological ... by posting photographs of the cave walls. “Outrageous. The cave paintings of camelids, belonging to the Tiwanaku culture in the ...

One of our favorite ways to study this topic is through cave art. Cave art includes paintings, carvings, and sculptures. Perhaps you’re already familiar with the magnificent horses of Lascaux ...

The threat, according to the scientists, is that even a limited stream of visitors will spur bacterial and fungal growth on the cave walls, damaging the very paintings tourists long to see.

To reach the only place in the world where cave paintings of prehistoric marine life have been found, archaeologists have to dive to the bottom of the Mediterranean off southern France.

Between 17,000 and 12,000 years ago, unnamed artists covered the extensive Lascaux cave system in France’s Dordogne region with hundreds of paintings of animals and abstract shapes. The ...

Dating back some 40,000 years, cave paintings are among the greatest and most fascinating discoveries of human culture. Found all over the world, including more than 300 in Europe alone ...

Archaeologists have concluded that a series of engravings discovered on a cave wall in France were ... Uranium-thorium dating of rock deposited over paintings in all three caves indicates that ...

Ancient cave paintings have been discovered in Rio de Janeiro's Itatiaia National Park. Preliminary investigations suggest the artwork may date back 2,000 to 3,000 years and could provide insights ...