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In 1940, a dog named Robot led four French teenagers into a hidden cave; what they found inside had been sealed away for 17,000 yearsFour teenagers discovered the Lascaux cave in France in September 1940, after their dog, Robot, led them to a hole in the ground. Inside, t...- Did ancient humans bring wolves across the sea? Scientists discover 5,000-year-old remains on this remote islandArchaeologists have stumbled upon ancient wolf remains on a remote island in Sweden, linking back to a time between three thousand and five...
- In 1879, 8-year-old María de Sautuola looked up in a Spanish cave and saw bison painted 36,000 years ago; scientists rejected her father's claim for 23 yearsIn Altamira Cave, Spain, a young girl's innocent curiosity uncovered breathtaking Ice Age artwork. By simply glancing upwards, she illumina...
- How four teenagers accidentally discovered a 19,000-year-old cave filled with more than 2,000 ancient paintingsIn 1940, a dog led Marcel Ravidat to the Lascaux cave, revealing thousands of prehistoric paintings dating back 17,000-19,000 years. These ...
- In 1940, a boy chased his dog into a tree hole and discovered a hidden cave containing 17,000-year-old paintings that stunned the worldDiscovered in 1940 by a teenager in France, the Lascaux Cave Paintings, a breathtaking collection of prehistoric art, were sealed for mille...
- In 1908, a worker sifting soil beside the Danube uncovered a tiny chalk-covered figure that became one of the world’s most famous prehistoric artworksA 1908 Austrian excavation unearthed the Venus of Willendorf, a 29,500-year-old figurine. This small, stylized depiction of a woman, found ...
- The Cave Paintings Experts Once Called a Hoax: How Altamira Forced Science to Admit Humans Were Artists Far Earlier Than ExpectedDiscoveries of detailed cave paintings in Altamira, Spain, were initially rejected by scientists. They believed primitive humans lacked the...
- What a 67,000-Year-Old Handprint in Indonesia May Reveal About the First ArtistsAn ancient hand stencil, at least 67,800 years old, was discovered in an Indonesian cave, making it one of the earliest known examples of h...
- Hidden Cave Paintings in the Amazon: What They Reveal About Early HumansExplorers found ancient cave paintings in the Amazon rainforest. These artworks depict extinct animals and daily life from thousands of yea...
- Sealed for 20,000 Years… Who Left These Ice Age Footprints in a Spanish Cave? ExplainedArchaeologists discovered ancient human footprints in a Spanish cave. These impressions, left by children about 20,000 years ago, reveal mo...
- Rare works of late American artist Saul Leiter showcased at French photo festivalAlmost all of the paintings and drawings in the major Saul Leiter show at the 'Rencontres d'Arles' festival in the southern French city hav...
- Snap Out of Our Neanderthalism!Orientalism — stereotyping cultures, histories and peoples through a colonial, and later, First World media, prism — is something that plag...
- Prehistoric Lascaux caves that were off-limits can now be explored, thanks to VR headsetsPeople can take a 45-min virtual tour through the 235 metre-long cave network from July 8.
- Discovered in Bhimbetka, India’s lone fossil of world’s oldest animalResearchers believe they have found the first-ever fossil in India of a Dickinsonia —the Earth’s ‘oldest animal’, dating back 570 million y...
- RSS to honour man who discovered Bhimbetka cavesThe cultural wing of the RSS, Sanskar Bharati, plans 100 heritage walks in honour of Wakankar. Government-run cultural institutions like La...
- Desert, beach or the mountains? Indian travellers are often spoilt for choice while planning a vacationThere are forests to be explored and lovely tented camps under desert stars and fairy-tale palaces to dream in.
- PM Modi's France trip: Agenda to go beyond civil nuclear talks & include pact to pair heritage sitesThe agreement that India and France are expected to sign may include six pairings and are aimed at strengthening the cultural links.
- Heritage tourism: an opportunity to delve into the pastVenture through some of the world’s known and lesser known historic sites to get a blast from the past
- Masked bandits kidnap tourists in Egypt desertMasked bandits kidnapped a group of 19 foreign tourists and Egyptians at gunpoint as they were on a desert safari in a remote corner of sou...
- Facilitation centre to elucidate Ajanta sculpturesEquipped with replicas of the ancient caves and multimedia guides, the visitor facilitation centre, being built at a cost of Rs 100 crore, ...
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