Scientists say they have found the oldest known figurative painting, in a cave in Indonesia. And the stunning scene of a hunting party, painted some 44,000 years ago, is helping to rewrite the history ...

Hidden deep in an Indonesian cave, a mural older than history tells a story no one expected. Human-animal hybrids, weapons, ...

A prehistoric painting in Indonesia has been dated to at least 51,200 years ago, making it the earliest known example of "figurative" cave art in the world and perhaps the oldest known surviving ...

Cave art can sometimes include two different times of creation. In this image, the darker lizard is a younger drawing than the sun that is drawn beneath it. Credit: A. Acosta-Colon. Cave art can ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Gong Byung-sun] The world's oldest cave painting created by modern humans has been discovered in Indonesia. Dating results estimate that the painting was created at least 45,500 ...

Researchers in Spain used Apple iPhone’s built-in LiDAR sensor to create a 3D map of a cave with hundreds of prehistoric cave ...

A painting made inside a cave in Mexico, which houses art made centuries ago, has been carved from the wall by looters with an electric saw, archaeologists said. The cave, known as La Cueva Pinta, is ...

Cave paintings are often called the first art ever made. But can we really call these early cave people artists?

RIO DE JANEIRO — Niède Guidon, the Brazilian archaeologist known for discovering hundreds of prehistoric cave paintings in northeastern Brazil and for her research challenging theories of ancient ...

Europe is rich in history, but its splendid castles, antique churches, and age-old ruins tell only part of the story. To dig ...