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Pedro Saura/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Better dating methods led to a revised age for art at El Castillo.
Horse in the Central recess at the Chauvet Cave in France, one of the most famous prehistoric rock art sites in the world. The paintings there have been dated between 30,000 and 33,000 years old.
Black bison, prehistoric painting from the Chauvet Cave, southern France. The paintings date from 30,000-32,000 years old.
Spain officially homes to world’s oldest cave art. An analysis of a red disk painted on a wall in El Castillo cave in northern Spain has dated the work back 40,800 years, making it the world’s oldest cave art.
Prehistoric Cave painting. 35,000 years ago.
Stone age cave painting of horses from Chauvet, France. The paintings there are the oldest known, carbon-dated to approximately 33,000 years ago, almost twice the age of the Lascaux cave paintings.
The Corredor de los Puntos in El Castillo Cave near the village of Puente Viesgo - oldest cave paintings in the world - more than 40,800 years old!
First Image: The Panel of Hands in El Castillo Cave, Spain. The hand stencils are dated to 37,300 years old and the red disk to 40,600 years old, making them the oldest European cave paintings. (Photo: Pedro Saura)
Altamira Cave. Prehistoric Cave painting | 35000 years ago | Ancient Art History
The worlds oldest knife, made from pressure flaked silcrete. When: 75,000 B.C. (Around 37,000 Years Ago). Where: Blombos Cave, South Africa.~~tko
