The cave paintings were discovered by an international team of researchers preserved in limestone caves on one of Sulawesi’s satellite islands called Muna. The team found a fragmentary hand stencil on ...

The prehistoric artist likely created the image by spraying ochre mixed with water over a hand flattened on the wall of a ...

Have you ever wondered which is actually the oldest city in the world? The answer takes us far back—to a time when people ...

In an Indonesian cave system known for its prehistoric art, the oldest cave art yet found was hiding in plain sight. In a cave full of paintings that were well studied over the years, a faint hand ...

A newly dated Indonesian cave painting may be 1,100 years older than the world’s oldest known rock art, but not everyone is ...

An ancient handprint in a cave on an Indonesian island may be the oldest known rock art, created at least 67,800 years ago.

Located in Malawi, the site could also be the world's earliest example of an in situ cremation pyre for an adult, according ...

The world’s oldest known example of cave art, dating back at least 67,800 years, has been discovered by researchers studying ...

The world’s oldest known cave art shows how early humans crossed oceans, offering rare insight into ancient migration routes.

When we think of the world's oldest art, Europe usually comes to mind, with famous cave paintings in France and Spain often ...

The bodies appeared to have been artificially mummified by “smoke-drying” over fire Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in ...