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Altamira Cave Replica

A reproduction of the famous prehistoric cave paintings is hidden underground at the National Archaeological Museum.

The injured woolly mammoth rock painting.

Pimiango, Spain

El Pindal Cave

These primitive rock paintings include a very beloved depiction of a woolly mammoth.

Mighty scary world out there. Why not do some doodles?

Did Stone-Age Humans Paint for Fun?

This summer, chill like an ancient hominin and make some art.

Isaac Schultz August 19, 2019

Ancient Indian pictographs at Fate Bell rock shelter in Seminole Canyon.

Comstock, Texas

Seminole Canyon

Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

The rock paintings seen on the 1000 Ugandan shilling note.

Nyero Rock Paintings

Six rock shelters covered in abstract art created by ancient Ugandan tribes.

Replica of the horse panel of the Chauvet Cave.

Asturias, Spain

Teverga Prehistoric Park

See replicas of Europe's most famous cave paintings and even some of the animals that feature in the art.

Prehistoric painting of horses at Tito Bustillo cave.

Ribadesella, Spain

Tito Bustillo Cave

A magnificent place to see authentic paleolithic cave paintings that are an astounding 33,000 years old.

The inscription reads, "leaders of the stickball team on the 30th day in their month April 1828." The use of "their" refers to the Euro-American concept of time.

These Cherokee Cave Inscriptions Describe a 19th-Century Stickball Game

The competition took place on April 30, 1828.

Noor Al-Samarrai April 11, 2019

A bison figure depicted in the Lascaux Shaft Scene.

How Early Humans Used Cave Art to Understand the Night Sky

They weren't just painting animals.

Evan Nicole Brown November 27, 2018

Entrance to the cave

Niaux Cave Paintings

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.

The cave painting.

Campbeltown, Scotland

Davaar Island Cave Painting

The artwork is tucked within a cave on a tiny Scottish island only accessible at low tide.

Bhimbetka Rock Shelters

Bhimbetka Rock Shelters

A giant repository of accidentally discovered cave paintings up to 30,000 years old.

Prehistoric hand prints in a cave in Maros.

Bantimurung, Indonesia

Prehistoric Cave Art of Maros Pangkep

These 40,000-year-old stenciled hands are older than the famous cave art in France and Spain.

There are hundreds of stenciled handprints in the caves.

La Cueva de las Manos (Cave of Hands)

Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.

Paintings on the walls

The Crypt of the Original Sin

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

Mesolithic rock painting of a honey hunter harvesting honey and wax from a bees nest in a tree. (Dating around 8000 to 6000 BC)

Man of Bicorp Cave Painting

This ancient rock painting is the oldest evidence of humans’ love affair with honey.

Found: 70 Hidden Cave Paintings From 14,500 Years Ago

There are horses, goats, deer and an impaled bison, among others.

Sarah Laskow May 25, 2016

The pictograph thought to represent legendary Chiefs Gadao & Malaguaña

Gadao's Cave

Located on Guam's south shore, this small cave is named for an ancient and powerful Chamorro Chief.