Cave paintings dating back 24,000 years have previously been uncovered in Spain. But, in the grand scheme of history, they have been blown out of the water by a discovery made on the Indonesian ...

The earliest signs of man making his mark on history are found in 60,000-year-old cave paintings. Once the first marks were made, mankind never stopped looking for visual ways to find the meaning ...

San rock paintings in South Africa likely depict extinct dicynodonts, showcasing early local engagement in paleontology ...

This story appears in the January 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. This is where the cave lions are. And the woolly rhinos, mammoths, and bison, a menagerie of ancient creatures ...

A cave painting on an Indonesian island is believed to be the oldest known evidence of storytelling in art, researchers said on Thursday. Scientists from Australia’s Griffith University, the ...

When the body of diver Sheck Exley was found his friends learned how he spent his final moments trying to protect others.

Who could have predicted that touring cave paintings across Spain and France ... to go on the National Geographic Expeditions Human History trip to Spain and France, we jumped at it.

A show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago challenges the timeworn critics’ contention that painting is dead, expanding ...

Here are some you can visit in the U.S., as long as you’re respectful. Top Caves in the U.S. for Ancient Rock Art Visitors keen on seeing cave art in the U.S. should focus on rock art on overhangs, ...

Modern art continues to be mass-produced with little to no intentions behind it or effort to create something of substance.

Its walls exhibit three distinctive styles of cave art linked to a hunter-gatherer ... complicating the cave's history. Today, the Cave of the Hands, an official UNESCO World Heritage Site stands ...

Experts believe the cave paintings hold shamanic or religious significance ... but it is especially interesting for history… The Largest Wooden Building in the World Houses a 16-meter-tall Buddha ...