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Archaeologists Discover Nearly 5,000 Cave Paintings in Mexico
Archaeologists in Mexico have found 4,926 cave paintings in north-east Mexico in Burgos providing new information about the presence of pre-Hispanic people in a region which was previously believed to...
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A 4,400-Year-Old Egyptian Love Story
Hidden amongst bedrock and surrounded by a court of tombs in the vast, ancient burial ground of Saqqara, archaeologists made a unique discovery – a 4,400-year-old tomb belonging to a couple, their...
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French archaeologists may be on the verge of discovering 'second' Lascaux cave
The Lascaux caves are a complex of caves found in the Dordogne region of southwestern France containing a sensational collection of Palaeolithic cave paintings estimated to be up to 20,000 years old....
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15,000 artworks over ten millennia reveal the evolution of human life on the...
Tassili n'Ajjer has been described as the finest prehistoric open-air museum in the world. Set in a vast plateau in the south-east of the Algerian Sahara at the borders of Libya, Niger and Mali, and...
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Ancient caves depicting 7000-year-old civilisation and culture discovered in...
A group of caves containing ancient rock art have been discovered by a researcher in Akkampalli, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The discovery has been described as archaeologically...
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Egyptian Blue – The Oldest Known Artificial Pigment
Egyptian Blue, also known as calcium copper silicate, is one of the first artificial pigments known to have been used by man. The oldest known example of the exquisite pigment is said to be about 5000...
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10,000-year-old rock paintings depict UFOs and extra-terrestrials, claims...
The State Department of Archaeology and Culture in Chhattisgarh, India, is seeking assistance from the Indian Space Research Organisation to research a set of ancient rock paintings found inside caves...
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Pre-historic rock art in Kurnool, India
The region of Rayalaseema is comprised of four districts within the state of Andhra Pradesh - Anantapur, Chittor, Kadapa and Kurnool - all of which record a very good cultural evolution from the...
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Stunning murals uncovered in Ming Dynasty tomb
Archaeologists in China have unearthed a Ming Dynasty tomb decorated with spectacular and finely-detailed paintings, according to a report in China.org.cn. Scientists are excited by the finding as it...
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Rare scenes on ancient Egyptian coffin reveal influence of Persian Empire...
A coffin from ancient Egypt has been revealed decorated with rare and unusual art that is not typical of the Egyptian style, demonstrating how much is lost when a civilization loses its most highly...
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Ten Mysterious Examples of Rock Art from the Ancient World
Rock paintings and engravings are among the world’s oldest continuously practiced art form and are as diverse as the wide-ranging cultures and civilizations that have produced them. Depictions of...
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Two 3,500-year-old tombs adorned with vivid paintings unearthed in Egypt
The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) and the Ministry of Antiquities in Egypt have announced the discovery of two private 18th Dynasty tombs with beautifully painted walls near Luxor in Egypt....
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Laas Geel Complex and The Magnificent Ancient Rock Art of Somalia
Thousands of years ago, humans from the Neolithic age, decorated the walls of rock shelters with paintings of animals and humans at a site called Laas Geel in present day Somalia. Their work would...
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Experts discover traces of rare artificial pigment on Egyptian mummy...
Egyptian Blue is one of the first artificial pigments known to have been used by man. First created around 5,000 years ago by heating a mixture of a calcium compound, a copper-containing compound,...
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New Research May Establish Australian Rock Art as the Oldest in the World
Australian Indigenous art is the longest unbroken tradition of art in the world. It is so old in fact, that examples have been found that depict long extinct megafauna. Now a push is underway to...
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The Louvre of the Desert: The Impressive Rock Paintings of Tsodilo, Botswana
Tsodilo (also referred to as the Tsodilo Hills) is a site in Botswana that contains one of the highest concentrations of rock art in the world. It has been claimed that in an area of just 10 square km...
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Unraveling the secrets of White Shaman Cave
On the border between southwestern Texas in the USA and northwestern Coahuila in Mexico, is the archaeological region known as Lower Pecos River. It contains more than 2,000 archaeological sites dating...
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Expert in Chinese Petroglyphs Supports Theory Ancient Chinese Made It to America
Petroglyphs found across North America have suggested that ancient Chinese explorers made contact with Native Americans. Yaoliang Song, a professor at the East China Normal University in Shanghai who...
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Stone Age Text Links Australia to Europe: Initial Evidence for Worldwide...
Dr. Derek Cunningham has recently introduced a new intriguing theory to archaeology that many geometric patterns seen worldwide are a form of ancient text, with the angular writing based on the...
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Loltun Cave Art and Precious Clues to the Lost Mayan Civilization
It goes on speak about the challenges and wonders of Columbus’s voyage to the new lands known today as the Caribbean. It even goes on to mention Columbus’s blunder in assuming that this newly...
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