A thin layer of mud also covers the cave art, with officials adding that some “appear to have sustained damage from sediment in the water abrading the surface.” Archaeologists will assess the ...

Deep inside a labyrinthine cave in southwestern France, ancient humans who lived around 30,000 years ago carved horses, ...

"The cave reached six feet of water and although it has subsided ... place in the world the public can see Native American cave art. The sacred artwork is protected so much that the public ...

One hypothesis is that the art is reflects "sympathetic magic," a ritual aimed at bringing good luck to the hunters. The true significance of these magnificent cave paintings at Lascaux and ...

According to BBC, the ancestors of Australia's Aboriginal Mirning people created art on the cave's chalk limestone walls about 30,000 years ago. The designs had survived until vandals recently ...

In 1963, the French government closed the Lascaux cave, restricting access to some of the world’s best examples of prehistoric art over concerns that carbon dioxide from visitors’ breathing ...