California is a great place for spelunking -- aka exploring caves. While you might think one cave is like another, each one ...

Marcel Ravidat, an 18-year-old student, was exploring the woods in Montignac in Dordogne, southern France, when his dog named ...

Dots, lines, and symbols found beside Ice Age cave paintings have puzzled archaeologists for decades. New research suggests ...

A 45,500-year-old warty pig drawing is the oldest known cave painting of an animal on record. The piggies were painted in ...

The location of the entrance to the underwater cave. Credit: Lu-xin / Wikimedia Commons There is a curious spot located in the south of France, a cave with rock paintings whose main peculiarity is the ...

In all its artistic iterations across millennia, the nativity remains inherently political in its depiction of God choosing ...

Cut from a sheer cliff face nearly a thousand years ago, India's Ajanta Caves are home to sacred Buddhist spaces adorned with vibrant works of ancient art. Carved in timeThe Buddhist cave temples near ...

Some 12,500 years ago, hunter-gatherers populated the caves of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands, surrounding the Rio Grande border between Mexico and West Texas. These people left arrowheads, earth ovens, ...

To celebrate the nearing Year of the Fire Horse, we look at paintings, books and plays that show how the use of horses in art has evolved.

BEIJING, Dec. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The flying Apsaras dance across the heavens; caravan bells echo along ancient routes. Dunhuang, a pivotal hub on the ancient Silk Road, served as a crossroads ...

What did a vulture-bone flute sound like inside a cave? How about singing inside a tomb? Researchers are bringing ancient ...