Prehistoric art

Mysterious cave art thought to be done by children 13,000 years ago

August 15, 2013Environment

Researchers think prehistoric drawings in the famous Rouffignac Cave complex in France may have been done by children, and that part of the cave served as a prehistoric daycare.

Was European Cave Art the Earliest Form of Cinema?

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Who Were the Ancient Artists in Spain’s El Castillo Cave?

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Prehistoric Cave Drawings ‘Made by Children’

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

URBAN PETROGLYPH

August 14, 2013

Sitting on a windswept escarpment over Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the Petroglyphs National Monument where carvings were etched into giant boulders centuries ago by ancestors of today’s Pueblo people. Now local developers and city officials want to put a road through the Petroglyphs. The Department of Interior, which runs the site, says such a plan […]

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August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

A French professor of art and music contends that ancient cave paintings were part of music-filled rituals. Reporter Ari Daniel Shapiro visited a cave with the French professor and an American skeptic.