Explore the 9 oldest-known archaeological sites, from Theopetra Cave to Göbekli Tepe, and Altamira. Dive into early human history and fascinating cave art.
A scene from Upper Paleolithic Chauvet cave, France ... “When prehistoric humans in Western Europe depicted large game in cave paintings, many of these animals were already extinct in the ...
to cave paintings most notably at the Chauvet Cave in southeastern France. The cave boasts the earliest figurative cave painting in Europe, dating to 30,000-32,000 years ago. Discovered in 1994, it ...
The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in southeastern France. For nearly a century, archaeologists have been perplexed by an enduring enigma: the conspicuous absence of cave paintings in the Levant ...
The Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave in southeastern France is a jewel of prehistoric art. When it was discovered in December 1994, it amazed the world with its vivid cave paintings, believed to be over ...
The extinction of large animals in the Levant may explain why prehistoric humans did not paint on cave walls in Israel, new research from Tel Aviv University published on Monday has suggested.
On the walls were innumerable paintings, many of them of large size, which were soon recognized as being palæolithic. Lascaux, though some distance from the well-known cave sites near LesEyzies ...