Newly discovered prehistoric artwork suggests how a pioneering sect of desert nomads, unknown to history until now, carved out an existence about 12,000 years ago in the harsh environment of northern ...

The discovery of huge petroglyphs of camels and donkeys, as well as hundreds of engraving tools, hints at complex early settlement in the region following the Ice Age.

In Kilmartin Glen, Scotland, archaeologists uncovered the first prehistoric animal carvings ever found in Britain. Inside Dunchraigaig Cairn, a burial chamber dating to 3000 BCE, images of red deer ...

Large rock-face murals scattered across the desert in northern Saudi Arabia represent one of the most ambitious – and perilous – creative feats of ancient humans, with researchers arguing that the ...

Once done on mud walls, Jharkhand's Sohrai folk art is now replicated on paper and cloth for tourists, raising questions about what preservation really means ...

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Credit: ZME Science/Midjourney. AI-generated illustration. For fifty years, a small stone sat on display in a German museum. Catalogued in the 1970s as a simple “oil lamp” from the end of the Ice Age, ...

The Spring Fresco, found at the site of Akrotiri in Santorini, is the first painting of a nature scene in European art history to date.

Highlighted engravings at Jebel Misma. Sahout Rock Art and Archaeology Project. Researchers in northern Saudi Arabia’s Nefud Desert have discovered life-size engravings of anima ...

The Hindu festival of Durga Puja, also known as Durgotsava or Sharodotsava, is a yearly celebration that honours the Hindu goddess Durga and commemorates her victory over Mahishasur. Hindu mythology ...