The Painted Rocks on a bluff along the Concho River outside of the village of Paint Rock is one of the most unique concentrations of more than 1,500 native pictographs in North America. Among the most ...

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 ...

The discovery of rare painted rock art featuring cattle in one of the driest parts of the Sahara Desert indicates that the region was once covered in grass, swamps and waterholes, making it a resource ...

Glyphs and pictographs at a site in Texas represent generations of settlement by Indigenous peoples. Paint Rock, a half-mile-long bluff in central Texas, is home to roughly 1,500 painted Native ...

Rock River artist Gianna Robinson, who grew up with an artist in her family, said she has been painting for her whole life. In a small studio on Route 30, she works hard to paint a landscapes scene ...

Archaeologists working in the central Brazilian state of Tocantins have discovered 16 new rock art sites. The sites are in Jalapão and feature rock art estimated to have been created 2,000 years ago.

In collaboration with Indigenous elders and ritual specialists, archaeologists have shed light on the meaning of ancient rock art from the Amazon rainforest in a study. A trio of researchers has been ...