A new discovery for #RockArtThursday!
This stencilled handprint in Indonesia has been dated to at least 67,500 years old, making it the oldest cave painting yet found!
It was dated by analysing a thin mineral crust that had formed over it
#archaeologynews #news 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Red paintings of stick figures carrying bows and arrows running, on a grey stone background
Out on a hunt! 🏹
Rock art that I spotted on a boulder near Lake Mutirikwi in Zimbabwe
I love the details of the bows and arrows, and their long legs as they run!
They're likely several thousand years old
#RockArtThursday
📸 Mine
#archaeology #africa #photooftheday 🏺
Cave paintings in black of four horse heads next to eachother in succession on a yellow wall, with the drawing of a rhino beneath
🎆 Happy New Year Everyone! 🎆
2026 is the Year of the Horse 🐴, so here are some of my favourite archaeological horses for #RockArtThursday!
This is the stunning 'Panel of the Horses' in Chauvet Cave, France, painted ~30,000 years ago! 🐎
I hope everyone has a great year!
#archaeology 🏺
A faded cave painting of a two reindeer facing eachother, with a modern reconstruction painting above
Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄🌟
We all love a good reindeer at Christmas! These ones were painted in Font-de-Gaume cave in France 18,000 years ago!
Rudolph the Red-backed Cave deer? 🎶🦌
#RockArtThursday #archaeology 🏺
