36 Items Tagged

Cave Paintings

Kirkkonummi, Finland

Vitträsk Rock Paintings

These lakeside pictographs were some of the first pieces of prehistoric artwork found in Finland.

The Race to Document Prehistoric Art in a Coastal Cave in France

Scores of ancient paintings and other works will soon succumb to the sea—but a passionate team is determined to preserve this 'bubble of memory.'

Elizabeth Hewitt September 22, 2022

Making Prehistoric Cave Art in Spain Was an All-Ages Activity

Children and even infants joined adults in making their marks, say archaeologists.

Blair Mastbaum April 29, 2022

Ha Kome Cave Dwellings

An 18th-century hideout became a permanent and ongoing residence for one Lesotho tribe.

Metolong, Lesotho

Ha Baroana Cave Paintings

The walls of this sandstone outcropping are covered with 2,000-year-old artwork.

Found: A 7,500-Year-Old Cave Painting of Humans Gathering Honey

Back then, it was more like hunting.

Omnia Saed December 16, 2021

Archaeologists Are Seeing Cave Art in a New Light

Prehistoric people may have created 'proto-cinema,' with galloping bison and tail-swishing horses.

Bridget Alex July 29, 2021

Chiquihuitillos

A rocky shelter in the desert hides one of the largest concentrations of cave paintings in Mexico.

Papasidero, Italy

Romito Cave

A mountain cave is the site of archaeological findings and Paleolithic rock art.

Puente Viesgo, Spain

Caves of Monte Castillo

The walls of these four caverns are filled with art that dates back to the earliest human presence in Europe.

Hargeisa, Somalia

Laas Geel

This cave located in the badlands of Somaliland contains some of the oldest cave art in Africa.

Cáceres, Spain

Cave of Maltravieso

A neighborhood park in the city of Cáceres hides what some believe are revolutionary examples of Neanderthal cave art.

Easter Island, Chile

Ana Kai Tangata (Cannibal Cave)

The ominously named cave is home to some remarkable ancient art.

Altamira Cave Replica

A reproduction of the famous prehistoric cave paintings is hidden underground at the National Archaeological Museum.

Pimiango, Spain

El Pindal Cave

These primitive rock paintings include a very beloved depiction of a woolly mammoth.

Did Stone-Age Humans Paint for Fun?

This summer, chill like an ancient hominin and make some art.

Isaac Schultz August 19, 2019

Comstock, Texas

Seminole Canyon

Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

Nyero Rock Paintings

Six rock shelters covered in abstract art created by ancient Ugandan tribes.