Cave art created by the San, the indigenous hunter-gatherers of South Africa’s Karoo region, may have been inspired by ...

Cameroon’s Mandara Mountains and Malawi’s Mount Mulanje were also added to the latest edition of the UNESCO World Heritage ...

NEW YORK, July 5 -- African rock art consisting of paintings, scrapings, and engravings on stone was the least known of Africa's cultural treasures until the publication of the first comprehensive ...

South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, including blood, porcupine quills, and ostrich eggshells.

Many people associate rock art with Lascaux and other sites in Europe. But Africa has a rich tradition of rock art depicting 30,000 years of life on the continent that gave birth to the human race.

Rock art expert David Coulson has spent the past 20 years surveying, recording and preserving ancient artworks across Africa. He says "rock art all over the world is fragile, but certainly it ...

But the recent discovery of 200-year-old rock paintings found in South Africa now has scientists hypothesizing that this ancient creature may have been far more than just a legend.

South African rock art possibly inspired by long-extinct species. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 09 / 240918142420.htm ...