A sweeping new archaeological discovery could fundamentally reshape what we know about early human intelligence and cultural ...

Art like this empowers us to time travel and explore what our early ancestors have felt.” “This Trow, inspired by folklore of ...

The existence of ancient cave paintings in Brazil have been revealed for the first time - two years after they were ...

In that sense, ancient art is a marker for this cognitive shift: Find early paintings, particularly figurative representations like animals, and you’ve found evidence for the modern human mind.

A rare discovery of 3,000-year-old cave paintings in a national park near Rio de Janeiro offers new insights into ancient ...

Older paintings, including that of a Rainbow Serpent, speak about ancient law and creation. At both Nourlangie and Ubirr, park rangers give regular talks on Aboriginal art and culture.

which now owns the painting and is led by a former curator of ancient art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The painting itself was also tested using the latest technology, giving researchers the ...

By removing centuries of soot, researchers have uncovered the stunning decoration of a sanctuary dedicated to the heavens ...

These yet unnamed site at Serranía de la Lindosa isn't the first discovery of ancient art work in the Colombian Amazon. Around 75,000 rock art paintings have been found in Chiribiquete National ...

A new style of ancient Aboriginal rock art in Australia has been documented for the first time. Professor Paul Tacon explains how the 572 paintings known as the Maliwawa Figures offer a glimpse ...

Ran Barkai from the university's Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern ... was done on cave paintings, few studies focused on children's presence. "This builds on our previous research, ...