France

Growing evidence of Neanderthal “Art”
by Stephen Alvarez|June 23, 2023|age, cave art, Europe, France, petroglyph
Claims that other species besides Homo Sapiens made art or used "symbolic behavior" have been met with skepticism. But evidence that Neanderthals did produce symbols keeps growing. In a paper published this week in the Journal PLOS One,
Paenl of the Four Horses
Panel of the Four Horses, Chauvet in VR
by Stephen Alvarez|February 11, 2022|age, Aurignacian, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Paleolithic, pictograph, Rock Art, Virtual Reality
The panel of the Four Horses in Chauvet Pont d'Arc cave is now online in VR
pictograph handprint in El Castillo
Dating Rock Art, How Old Is It?
by Joshua Alvarez|January 14, 2022|36000 BP, age, Altamira, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, How Old Is It?, pictograph, Rock Art, Spain
paintings in El Castillo in Spain are more than 40,000 years old, much older than previously suspected
Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave, France
Chauvet Cave the discovery of 36,000-year-old art
by Gregory Crouch|March 14, 2021|36000 BP, age, Aurignacian, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Painting, Paleolithic, petroglyph, pictograph, Rock Art
almost 30 years ago explorers forced their way into Chauvet cave in France, what they found astounded the world.
Grotte Pair-non-Pair, Aquitaine France
by Stephen Alvarez|October 1, 2018|age, Aurignacian, cave art, France, Paleolithic, petroglyph, Rock Art
The paleolithic cave Pair-non-Pair was found when a farmer went looking for a lost cow who had fallen in a hole, the cave he discovered
Bulls painted in Altamira Cave
Pointillism is 38,000 years old. We have invented nothing
by Stephen Alvarez|March 9, 2017|36000 BP, age, Altamira, Aurignacian, cave art, Gravettian, news, Rock Art, Spain
Pointillism is 38,000 years old. We have invented nothing.
Chauvet Cave Photographing the Lion Panel
by Stephen Alvarez|January 5, 2016|36000 BP, cave art, Chauvet, Europe, France, Rock Art
Shooting the Lion Panel of Chauvet changed my life.