Ancient rock carvings in Mongolia's Altai Mountains reveal a 12,000-year artistic evolution. Initially realistic elk ...

The emergence of artistic expression, abstract thought, and symbolic behavior may have occurred much earlier in human history ...

Some parts of the Shigir Idol have been lost, but an early diagram, drawn by Vladimir Yakovlevich Tolmachev in 1914, showed it had five distinctly human-like faces.But if you look more closely at ...

The "intriguing new" rock engraving was found on the west bank of the Nile River near Aswan in November 2022, during a survey ...

The sun’s rhythm may have set the pace of each day, but when early humans needed a way to keep time beyond a single day and night, they looked to a second light in the sky. The moon was one of ...

A cave dig in Indonesia has unearthed a unique collection of prehistoric ornaments and artworks that date back in some instances to at least 30,000 years ago. The site is thought to have been used by ...

Interestingly, the art now predates the arrival of modern humans into Europe by about 20,000 years, suggesting that it must have been the Neanderthals who made them. Symbolic Thinking Among ...

Art Institute showcases ancient Roman sculptures in unprecedented 'Myth and Marble' exhibit Stunningly and unexpected, virtually all of the selections on view in this exhibition are complete.