Palaeolithic humans living on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar were a creative bunch to say the least, and were ...

In early May, a group of researchers scouring the western Swedish province of Bohuslän spotted irregular markings on a moss-covered rock face. They seemed man-made and so the team carefully removed ...

In the early 1970s, South African summer sun searing his back, 14-year-old Stephen Townley Bassett dutifully followed his uncle into the shade offered by one of myriad caves dotted among the Cederberg ...

In an extremely important archaeological discovery, a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers proof that native Californians consumed hallucinogens while making ...

Images capture the remarkable variety of petroglyphs etched into rock across a wide swathe of land, from Mongolia to the ...

The Dampier Islands weren't always islands. When people first occupied this part of western Australia some 30,000 years ago, they were the tops of volcanic mountains 60 miles inland. It must have been ...

A major original artist painted and chipped on granite rocks from El Cajon to Riverside to Palm Springs. Large mazelike designs, most painted in red ochre, and stark, right-angled fret patterns face ...

A huge collection of rock art has been discovered in the deep, dark chambers of the cave systems on Puerto Rico's Mona Island. The incredible collection was unveiled following three years of ...

Elvis Presley had already been a cultural phenomenon. Phil Spector was sneaking some of those fusty philharmonic instruments into his Wall of Sound. Bob Dylan was changing the scene with some mighty ...

Astronomers John Barentine and Gilbert Esquerdo propose that a petroglyph in Arizona's White Tanks Regional Park depicts the supernova of 1006, the brightest recorded astronomical event in history.

John Black is affiliated with Friends of Australian Rock Art. Scientific studies used to monitor the impact of industry on Aboriginal rock art in north west Western Australia are inadequate, ...