Archaeologists in Australia believe they have identified a previously undocumented beeswax stenciling technique used by ancient artists to create cave paintings. Most rock art stencils are large in ...

Incredibly rare pieces of tiny Neolithic rock art found in a shallow Australian cave were made by creating tiny stencils out of beeswax, researchers have concluded. Located in the Yilbilinji ...

Inside a large cave in northwestern Australia’s remote Kimberley region, someone painted an elongated, yamlike shape on a ceiling at least 16,000 years ago, new research suggests. That long-ago ...

Petroglyphs at Yilbilinji rock shelter, Australia (Courtesy Liam Brady) Reconstructed beeswax stencils(Courtesy Liam Brady) Ancient artists all over the world created ...

An analysis of tiny, 8,000-year-old hand decorations in a Saharan rock shelter shows that they’re decidedly not human. Tiny hands — originally assumed to be those of very young children or infants — ...

If you're looking for a fun new way to tap into your artistic skills without spending a ton of money on supplies, we might ...

We have no idea who painted a large red animal on the walls of a remote cave in Borneo at least 40,000 years ago, but their work is the oldest-known example of figurative rock art in the world, ...