Italy currently boasts an incredible 60 UNESCO World Heritage sites, which is more than any other country on the planet. They aren't all ancient ruins, either. The sites fall into a few categories.

Italy isn’t just renowned for its exceptional food and great fashion sense—it's also a living museum, home to more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any other country on the planet. For centuries, ...

Ancient rock carvings in Western Australia’s Murujuga are at risk. Aboriginal artwork includes the world’s oldest human face drawings. Pollution from a Karratha Gas Plant is slowly damaging ...

GUWAHATI: Archaeologists in Mizoram discovered rock art, believed to be from the 16th to 19th centuries.The discoveries were made during a village-to-village su ...

Dots, tectiforms, and cruciforms cover the surface of the main panel of the Upuigma rock-shelter in Venezuela’s Canaima National Park. The colors have been enhanced by DStretch. José Miguel ...

For the more adventurous, the rock art in Valcamonica, Italy, or Alta Fjord in Norway offers breathtaking glimpses into prehistoric artistry dating back tens of thousands of years.

Rock art found in southeastern Venezuela may have come from a previously unknown culture. Researchers believe that the roughly 4,000-year-old art signifies a central dispersion point from which ...

Ancient rock art discovered in Venezuela may be from an unknown culture. Credit: ArchesNPS. CC BY 1.0/ flickr Archaeologists in Venezuela have discovered twenty 4,000-year-old rock art sites in ...

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have discovered rare ancient rock art at the entrance to a remote desert lava tube—a cave formed by flowing lava. Located in the volcanic field of Harrat Khaybar ...

While it's unknown exactly how old the rock art is, similar rock art in Brazil has been dated to around 4,000 years ago. However Pérez-Gómez thinks that the examples in Venezuela may be older.

Of the 157 rock art sites that the team has managed to visit, 13 were made up of engravings that were at least 4 metres tall. “Anything that size is monumental in our view,” says Riris.