CHONGQING, China, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Located in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, the Dazu Rock Carvings have held UNESCO World Heritage status since 1999. Sprawled across 75 ...

Dots, tectiforms, and cruciforms cover the surface of the main panel of the Upuigma rock-shelter in Venezuela’s Canaima National Park. The colors have been enhanced by DStretch.

An ochre dot in Spain may hold one of the oldest, most complete Neandertal fingerprints, hinting at symbolic behavior in our ancient relatives.

During the survey, researchers noticed a rock shelter “carved into a cliff face about 40 meters (130 feet) above the stream” with some stone artifacts nearby. Curious, they decided to investigate.

Bhimbetka Rock Shelters (Madhya Pradesh) – Over 100,000 Years Old. ... These monuments, spanning from prehistoric rock shelters to intricately carved temples, ...

The site is probably not as old as the Leo Petroglyphs, dating from perhaps 800 years ago. Although Inscription Rock is also protected by a modern shelter, the rock has been so eroded that it’s ...

He examined several rock shelters carved with dot patterns that closely resembled game boards found in southwestern Asia and Egypt; the best of those was found at the Çapmalı rock shelter near ...

The structures included man-made terraces, rock-cut niches in the steep cliffs and a rock shelter delimited by walls consisting of carved sandstone blocks.

A rock shelter defined: a shallow cave or cavelike area, as one formed by an overhanging cliff or standing rocks. I recently made a trip up to Morgan-Monroe State Forest to hike one of my favorite ...

Researchers theorize that an adult male dipped his finger in red ocher and intentionally used the pigment to complete the face he saw on a small granite stone ...

Located in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, the Dazu Rock Carvings have held UNESCO World Heritage status since 1999. ... the site shelters over 50,000 breathtaking statues.