The earliest Greek cave art depicting extinct animals was discovered on Crete and is believed to be at least 11,000 years old ...

Two artists whose works transform prosaic leavings into transcendent topographies opened complementary exhibitions during a ...

Gary Mulcahey / NMNH Some 17,000 years ago, on a wall of Lascaux cave in southwestern France, an artist made a painting of a deer with fantastically elongated antlers. To modern eyes, it looks ...

Only in the past decade have tourists begun to penetrate this isolated backcountry, in search of paintings to rival those of France’s Lascaux cave or Spain ... of deer and bighorn sheep ...

UNESCO World Heritage Sites are places of outstanding cultural or natural importance recognized for their universal value to humanity. Spanning continents, these sites include ancient ruins, ...

Authorities are anxious to avoid a repeat of the damage done to France’s famed Lascaux caves by microorganisms brought in by visitors. The Lascaux caves, which are also located in Dordogne ...

Authorities are anxious to avoid a repeat of the damage done to France's famed Lascaux caves ... French prehistoric paintings ‘oldest and most elaborate’ The Cussac cave is accessed by a ...

Authorities are anxious to avoid a repeat of the damage done to France's famed Lascaux caves by microorganisms brought in by visitors. The Lascaux caves -- which are also located in Dordogne ...

Based on archeological findings, many of the prehistoric finger paintings found by archeologists on cave walls were actually drawn by the same demographic currently renowned for its finger painting ...