The Maltravieso cave in Cáceres, Spain, is famous for the 71 prehistoric hand paintings found on its walls. In 2018, researchers determined that the silhouettes were the first major evidence that ...

A new study unveils the potential reason children participated in creating prehistoric cave art. In prehistoric societies, ...

Justin Mott A headlamp illuminates ancient cave-art hand stencils inside Leang Sakapao. Justin Mott Aubert points out a picture of mating pigs in Leang Sakapao. Justin Mott Stencils, like these in ...

“Next to many cave paintings, there is clear evidence of the presence of children as young as two ... marking the walls of sacred spaces with hands that were small, but profoundly significant.

A team of Tel Aviv University researchers from the field of prehistoric archaeology has proposed an innovative hypothesis ...

Painting from three cave sites, a red linear motif in Cave of La Pasiega, a hand stencil in Maltravieso Cave, and red-painted ...

Its walls exhibit three distinctive styles of cave art linked to a hunter-gatherer ... Today, the Cave of the Hands, an official UNESCO World Heritage Site stands as one of the most significant ...

One hypothesis is that the art is reflects "sympathetic magic," a ritual aimed at bringing good luck to the hunters. The true significance of these magnificent cave paintings at Lascaux and ...

The Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas, contains an exceptional assemblage of cave art, executed between 13,000 and 9,500 years ago. It takes its name (Cave of the Hands) from the stencilled outlines of ...

Our resources will let you forget about the modern world and get into the minds of our ancient ancestors by building your own stone circle and painting a story using cave art. What did our ancient ...