May 3, 2022 · The Ancient Art Archive and board member Dr. Jan Simek of the University of Tennessee used digital 3D modeling techniques to discover previously unknown, large-scale …

May 4, 2022 · Dated to over 1,000 years ago, these massive pre-contact drawings may be an indigenous representation of the spirits of the underworld. The find was made by Professor Jan F. Simek and a team of researchers, who stumbled upon this invaluable piece of history whilst documenting the cave.

The oldest known paintings in the South America are the cave paintings of Caverna da Pedra Pintada, in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest that date back 11,200 years. [1] The earliest known …

Oct 9, 2014 · Australia is blessed with many beautiful examples of Aboriginal cave paintings and engravings but what does science tell us about how old they are? What are the different …

Oct 1, 2020 · From Awunbarna (also known as Mount Borradaile) all the way to the Namunidjbuk clan estate of the Wellington Range, scientists and local Aboriginal research partners have …

May 4, 2022 · Massive Native American drawings, unseen in an Alabama cave for more than 1,000 years, have been revealed thanks to 3D imaging. It’s the largest known cave art ever …

Feb 23, 2021 · New dating techniques, involving the University of Melbourne, reveal Australia’s oldest known, intact, Aboriginal rock painting – dating back 600 generations.

Jul 3, 2019 · Nawarla Gabarnmang is a large rockshelter located in remote Jawoyn Aboriginal country in southwestern Arnhem Land, Australia. Within it is the oldest painting yet …

Oct 5, 2020 · Collaborating closely with the area’s Aboriginal communities over more than a decade, the researchers recorded 572 paintings at 87 sites across an 80-mile area in the far …

Feb 25, 2022 · After an hour or so of studying the rock art, we wandered deeper into the island, noting former indigenous cooking sites, sleeping locales and other sacred places filled with yet …

Nov 25, 2023 · Cathedral Cave is an immense and spectacular Aboriginal rock art site along the Carnarvon Gorge Main Track. It has over 1,500 motifs including stencils, paintings, engravings …

Jul 25, 2019 · Indigenous rock art has survived wildfire, flood, ice age, hotter and wetter climates, and the passing by of hundreds of generations of people — and perhaps even the occasional …

Australian aboriginal art encompasses works in a diverse range of media. As well as rock engravings and cave painting, it includes various forms of prehistoric sculpture.

Called wandjina figures, the images are believed by modern Aborigines to have been painted by the Wondjinas, prehistoric inhabitants of the Kimberley region in northwest Australia, the only area where cave paintings in the wandjina style have been found.