There were no lions in 16th-century Puerto Rico — so was the cave drawing made by someone who'd actually seen one? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

A paper was published this month by researchers at the Center de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France, revealing that the first carbon-based cave art has been found in Dordogne’s famous ...

One of the archaeologists examines a partially flooded chamber of the cave that holds many of the drawings. Ruiz-Redondo / Barciela / Martorell Two years ago, when a team of archaeologists spotted a ...

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Archaeologists have found the largest grouping of cave art drawings made by Native Americans prior to the arrival of Spanish explorers. Scientists took thousands of high-tech photos to scan the ...