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Louvre on the Rocks: Cache of Aboriginal Art Revealed

(May 29) -- Archaeologists have revealed the first detailed studies of what some call one of the world's most significant collections of rock art, a treasure trove of more than 3,000 stunning paintings and other images spanning as many as 15,000 years. The extraordinary cache lies in a remote and sparsely populated region...

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Female Genitalia Carvings Are Europe's Oldest Rock Art

The oldest rock art ever found in Europe reveals an interest in the female form â and the type of dÃ©cor that the first Europeans preferred for their living spaces.

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'Oldest And Most Elaborate' Cave Art Found?

The drawing in question depicts bears, rhinoceroses and horses in advanced detail, so advanced that, according to News24 , "some scholars believe they date from 12,000 to 17,000 years ago."

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Swedish 'Stonehenge' Sparks Big Debate Among Scientists

They carefully arranged the massive stones â each weighing up to 4,000 pounds (1,800 kilograms) â in the outline of a 220-foot-long (67-meter) ship overlooking the Baltic Sea. Archaeologists generally agree this megalithic structure, known as Ales Stenar ("Ale's Stones"), was assembled about 1,000 years ago, near the...

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06/01/12 Tucson Author Dianne Ebertt Beeaff Wins Award for... Source: Tucson Weekly - Tucson AZ Unraveling the Megalithic Mysteries of Western Europe's Prehistoric Monuments (Five Star Publications, 320 pages, $19.95) back in February, you may want to check it out here.
05/22/12 BLM Requests Public Help to Stop Rock Art Vandalism Source: MYTV - KCSG - St George UT The Bureau of Land Management is responding to vandalism at rock art sites located on public lands, including the archaeological and historic site of Land Hill in Southern Utah. Land Hill is part of the Santa Clara River Reserve, a 6,500-acre area of public land collaboratively managed by BLM and the cities of Ivins and Santa Clara, in part to protect the many prehistoric sites found there, including a high concentration of rock art sites that are preserved on the lands.
05/22/12 Carved stone found in Cedartown Source: The Cedartown Standard & The Rockmart Journal - Rockmart GA A large carved stone is prompting some mystery among a Cedartown family.
05/22/12 Spectacular Tomb Discovered in Peru Source: ScienceDaily ScienceDaily (May 22, 2012) A team of archaeologists from the UniversitÃ© libre de Bruxelles (ULB) has discovered a spectacular tomb containing more than eighty individuals of different ages.
05/21/12 Ancient 'cursing stone' found in Scotland Source: United Press International (UPI) Scotland's first known example of a "cursing stone" associated with early Christianity, around 800 A.D., has been found in a graveyard, researchers say.

Background on prehistoric art

In the history of art, prehistoric art is all art produced in preliterate, prehistorical cultures beginning somewhere in very late geological history, and generally continuing until that culture either develops writing or other methods of record-keeping, or makes significant contact with another culture that has, and that makes some record of major historical events.

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