A park ranger in the Itatiaia national park in Rio de Janeiro has found 3,000-year-old cave paintings. An unexpected discovery that calls regional history into question.

Amid the Second World War, four young boys unearthed a Paleolithic masterpiece when they stumbled upon a cave in southwest ...

The weapons are about 6,500 years old and were unearthed in a cave over several years of excavations there. They seem to make up a system of interchangeable parts for an atlatl, or spear-thrower .

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 ...

New research suggests prehistoric children weren’t just along for the ride—they may have played powerful spiritual roles deep within ancient caves, leaving behind sacred art that still speaks today.

A paper recently published in Arts, a journal from MDPI, presents an innovative interpretation of children’s presence at cave art sites. The study proposes that small children were believed to serve a ...

The researchers explain: “Next to many cave paintings, there is clear evidence of the presence of children as young as two years old. So far, most hypotheses have focused on the educational ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Children's involvement in prehistoric cave art may have extended beyond education, serving a unique cultural role. Evidence suggests children as young as two ...

Crystal Cave, the ancient marble cavern at the end of a steep half-mile hike in Sequoia National Park, is slated to reopen to visitors this summer after four years of closure.The cave features a ...

Scientists and art critics have analysed artefacts, such as early cave paintings that seem to represent what are believed to be UFOs. Bobble-headed creatures with bug-like eyes and antennas, flying ...

The post gathered over 110,000 likes in a day. That same day, X / Twitter [3] user @aprompumpkin quoted the aforementioned post with an image of several cave paintings, writing, "it's been accessible ...

"Thomas Kinkade's style is illustrative saccharine fantasy rather than art with which you can connect at any meaningful level," Charlotte Mullins, the author of A Little History of Art, tells the BBC.