The UN is proposing to knock back Australia's bid to add the Murujuga Cultural Area to the World Heritage list, instead ...

Originally a fountain donated by the Class of 1902, painting the Rock became a student prank in the 1940s. Today, students paint the Rock with colorful (in both senses of the word) slogans, ...

"It's a beautiful set of images." People have debated the depiction, an example of rock art in the Barrier Canyon style, since its discovery in 1928. In 1947, Geggel reports, a man named John ...

The Western Australian State Government and the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation (MAC) have released the latest report from a major scientific program ...

To understand the Horned Serpent’s origins better, Dr. Benoit set out to find the original rock wall where it was painted in a mountainous area of central South Africa. An area of the Karoo ...

People are encourage to paint a rock, take a picture, hide it and "make a stranger smile when they find it". The group inspired Waterbeach resident Felicity Bell to set up her own local rock ...

(Courtesy of Paul Taçon, Griffith University) PARIS (AFP) — A kangaroo painting created over 17,000 years ago by Aboriginal artists has been identified — with a little help from some ancient wasps — ...

Research focus on prehistory and rock art in Indonesia ... According to them no Westerner had ever set foot in their valley before. This secret valley is a pristine environment and a place ...

From L to R: Kanlitas rock painting, enhanced version, isolated rendering of markings Courtesy of Ulusoy et al. Thousands of years ago, hominins living in what is now western Turkey witnessed the ...

Here’s how it works. A nearly-life-size depiction of a kangaroo — realistic genitalia included — is the oldest known rock painting in Australia. Scientists recently pinpointed its age to ...