Dr Thomas Strasser of Providence College, Rhode Island says “This is the first palaeolithic art ever found in Greece and it’s ...

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

Then, check out the 40,000-year-old cave painting of a cow — the oldest animal drawing in the world. A former staff writer for All That's Interesting, Natasha Ishak holds a Master's in journalism from ...

The man who first saw the painting wasn’t even there to find it. Hamrullah, an Indonesian archaeologist and passionate spelunker, had climbed into the cave using a fig tree ... Anubis of ancient Egypt ...

An Indonesian archaeologist named Hamrullah — who is also an avid caver — climbed up a fig tree to access the narrow entryway of a cave in southern Sulawesi. There, the researcher discovered an ...

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, ...

Finger paintings made by children in Rouffignac Cave, 14,000 to 20,000 years ago. (Credit: Dr. Van Gelder) Paleolithic children weren’t merely learning to become adults but may have had their own ...

14,000-year-old footprints of at least two children, together with an adolescent and two adults, were identified some 400 meters deep in the Basura Cave in northern Italy. Elsewhere, at France’s ...

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, though ...

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 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 by microorganisms brought in by visitors. The Lascaux caves – which are also located in Dordogne, though ...