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Ancient art dating back 24,000 years discovered in Valencia’s Cova Dones cave system

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have made a momentous discovery at Valencia’s Cova Dones caves, unearthing over 100 ancient paintings and engravings believed to be at least 24,000...

Pigments of the imagination: Why you should be seeking out caves in southern Spain this summer

Looking for somewhere to cool off this summer? Visiting southern Spain’s amazing caves tell the story of early human culture, with Shannon Chaffers

New research on cave paintings in Spain credits children for prehistoric art

MUCH modern art may look a little sketchy to the untrained eye.  But new research has found that some of the world's earliest known art...
Cave art Ardales Malaga Photo by Joao Zilhao

Neanderthals were world’s first artists, concludes study of prehistoric cave paintings in southern Spain

CREATORS of the world’s first cave art may in fact have been Neanderthals and not early man, researchers have concluded after studying pigments found...

Nerja’s ‘Neanderthal’ paintings in Spain probably work of modern humans

A TEAM of researchers has decided that what was thought to be the only example of Neanderthal cave painting in the world may be...

Spanish cave art reveals humans used stars to tell time 40,000 years ago

Humans measured time by watching how stars change position in the night sky, using them to mark events such as comet attacks

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Ancient art dating back 24,000 years discovered in Valencia’s Cova Dones cave system

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have made a momentous discovery at Valencia’s Cova Dones caves, unearthing over 100 ancient paintings and engravings believed to be at least 24,000...

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