From stunning artwork to evidence of elaborate prehistoric butchering, Live Science takes a look at seven amazing caves that contain archaeological remains.

Explore the 9 oldest-known archaeological sites, from Theopetra Cave to Göbekli Tepe, and Altamira. Dive into early human history and fascinating cave art.

antedating the wonderful polychromes found at Altamira in northern Spain and Font de Gaume in the Dordogne, and throw a new light on the evolution of this Phase I of the cave art which is now ...

Upper Paleolithic cave paintings are found in at least 400 ... including Lascaux in France and Altamira in Spain. Predominantly, prehistoric hunters painted the animals they hunted with some ...

Interior view of the Caves of Nerja, Malaga, Spain, June 2024. Natural work of art with beautiful stalactites, stalagmites and other rock formations. Interior view of the Caves of Nerja, Malaga, Spain ...

Ice-age children are behind some unusual drawings in the Las Monedas Cave in Spain, a new study claims. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd talks with Isobel Wisher, a postdoctoral researcher in the ...

A painting made inside a cave in Mexico, which houses art made centuries ago, has been carved from the wall by looters with an electric saw, archaeologists said. The cave, known as La Cueva Pinta ...

New Tel Aviv University research suggests prehistoric humans in Israel didn't create cave paintings because large animals had already gone extinct there, unlike in Europe. A scene from Upper ...

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