The scenes depicted are vivid—humans are shown sitting atop animals, dancing, sparring, and celebrating victories, offering a ...

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

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Of exceptional aesthetic ... cave contains the best-preserved expressions of artistic creation of the Aurignacian people, constituting an exceptional testimony of prehistoric cave art. In addition to ...

Here are some you can visit in the U.S., as long as you’re respectful. Top Caves in the U.S. for Ancient Rock Art Visitors keen on seeing cave art in the U.S. should focus on rock art on overhangs, ...

African rock art depicting a mythical tusked creature may mirror the look of fossils of real-life ancient mammal relatives called dicynodonts. Abundant, exposed fossils in South Africa’s Karoo ...

Listen to Universe of Art on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn or your favorite podcasting app. In July, researchers discovered the oldest known cave art. It was found in a ...

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Three warty pigs painted on a cave wall that some of the same researchers reported on in 2021 was previously the world’s oldest depiction of an animal — at 45,500 years old. The paintings are ...