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One of the standing stones the team found, which might have been used to mark territory. Credit: Hamza Benattia

Archaeologists in the Tangier Peninsula Discovered Three Ancient Cemeteries, Including a Stone Burial Dating to Around 4,000 Years Ago

17 May 2025

A significant archaeological discovery in northern Morocco’s Tangier Peninsula, situated just south of the Strait of Gibraltar, has led to...

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Teymareh Petroglyphs, One of the World’s Largest Rock Art Collections, at Risk of Disappearing Due to Mining Activities

20 August 2024

Petroglyphs are among the world’s oldest practiced art forms and are as diverse as the wide-ranging cultures and civilizations that...

An enhanced view showing some of the rock art discovered in Venezuela. Credit: José Miguel Pérez-Gómez

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4,000-year-old Rock Art From A Previously Unknown Ancient Culture uncovered in Venezuela

4 July 2024

An archaeological team in Venezuela has uncovered 20 ancient rock art sites in Canaima National Park in the southeastern part...

(a) The upper surface and (b) the lower surface of the purported sand sculpture; scale bars are in cm.Figure 4. (a) Features on the upper surface of the purported sand sculpture; (b) symmetrical features; (c) asymmetrical features. Photo: Rock Art Research

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A 130,000-year-old Stingray Sand Sculpture on South Africa’s Coast May Be the World’s Oldest Animal Art

4 April 2024

Analyzing this object, which at first glance looks like a symmetrical rock, the research team speculated that it could be...

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A cave in Argentina houses the oldest known pigment-based rock art in South America

15 February 2024

An astounding collection of almost 900 rock paintings, dating back approximately 8,200 years, has been discovered in northwestern Argentina. The...

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Polish archaeologists discovered new petroglyphs dating back to the 3rd century in Colorado

14 December 2023

Archaeologists from the Jagiellonian University, southern Poland, have made a significant discovery of ancient indigenous paintings and carvings in the...

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Unique and very well-preserved prehistoric engravings found in southwestern Catalonia

23 March 2023

Significant prehistoric rock art has been discovered in La Febro, in southwestern Catalonia. The team that discovered the art inside...

Las Dantas panel at Cerro Azul, La Lindosa

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12,000-Year-Old rock art may depict extinct giants of the ice age

13 March 2022

South America was filled with ice age animals more than 12,000 years ago, including car-sized ground sloths, elephantine herbivores, and...

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10,000-year-old rock art discovered in the Indian village of Medikonda

3 July 2021

Rock art containing tiger, human and animal figures was found at the Jogulamba Gadwal site in Telangana, India. The New...

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Climate Change Negatively Impacts 45 000-year-old Cave Paintings in Indonesia

13 May 2021

Cave paintings from 20,000 to 50,000 years ago in Indonesia are in danger of extinction due to climate change. Indonesia...

Archaeologists in the Tangier Peninsula Discovered Three Ancient Cemeteries, Including a Stone Burial Dating to Around 4,000 Years Ago

Teymareh Petroglyphs, One of the World’s Largest Rock Art Collections, at Risk of Disappearing Due to Mining Activities

4,000-year-old Rock Art From A Previously Unknown Ancient Culture uncovered in Venezuela

A 130,000-year-old Stingray Sand Sculpture on South Africa’s Coast May Be the World’s Oldest Animal Art

A cave in Argentina houses the oldest known pigment-based rock art in South America

Polish archaeologists discovered new petroglyphs dating back to the 3rd century in Colorado

Unique and very well-preserved prehistoric engravings found in southwestern Catalonia

12,000-Year-Old rock art may depict extinct giants of the ice age

10,000-year-old rock art discovered in the Indian village of Medikonda

Climate Change Negatively Impacts 45 000-year-old Cave Paintings in Indonesia

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