It may look like a cross, but lines scratched into a cave wall could be proof that Neanderthals were more intelligent and creative than previously thought. The cross-hatched engravings inside Gorham's ...

How do you find out the age of ancient rock art? And more importantly, how can you do that without disturbing the site? Meinrat and Tracey Andreae of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry recently ...

A faint engraving of a reindeer in a South Wales cave looks to be among the oldest rock art known in Britain. Researchers completed an analysis on July 27 that dated the image at roughly 12,600 years ...

Aristos is a Newsweek science and health reporter with the London, U.K., bureau. He is particularly focused on archaeology and paleontology, although he has covered a wide variety of topics ranging ...

For 4,000 years the meaning of mysterious markings on a Bronze Age stone slab have remained a secret. Not anymore, however. That's because scientists are now treating the engraved rock as a 'treasure ...

Ancient rock engravings in what’s now South America — believed to be among the largest in the world — were meant to mark the boundaries of the territories inhabited by their makers, according to a new ...

Scientists are planning to take a fresh look at an engraved rock purported to hold the key to the mysterious “lost colony” of Roanoke. Described as “the coldest case in American history,” the fate of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The rock art panel shows a boat dragged by five figures. It has a standing figure holding an oar ...

Researchers have developed a new method using ArchCUT3-D software to study rock engravings, integrating technological and visual analysis to reveal intricate details of ancient techniques. This new ...

A tourist guide introduces to visitors at the Twyfelfontein rock engraving site in Kunene Region, Namibia, March 26, 2024. Twyfelfontein is one of the largest and most concentrated sites of rock ...

A faint engraving of a reindeer in a South Wales cave looks to be among the oldest rock art known in Britain. Researchers completed an analysis on July 27 that dated the image at roughly 12,600 years ...