The northern coast of Spain holds one of the oldest examples of human development in the form of cave paintings, dubbed the ...

ALTAMIRA CAVE, Spain — Five visitors stand in the bright daylight outside the extraordinary cave. A guide switches off the yellow floor lights and slams the heavy metal door, sealing the ...

When you think of cave paintings, you probably think of something like the painting above. It’s a depiction of a bison from the cave of Altamira in Spain, painted during the paleolithic period ...

At least 14,000 years ago, artists took to Altamira cave in Spain with charcoal and red pigments, painting bison, deer and their own handprints on the rock walls and ceiling. Plans to reopen this ...

Small groups allowed back in to view prehistoric murals in Spain’s Altamira Cave to determine effect on paintings.

The cave contains multicolored cave paintings featuring several red bison, dating back 14,000 years to the Upper Paleolithic.

In Spain's Basque region, in the Atxurra cave, archaeologists have found a group of at least 70 cave paintings made during the end of Upper Paleolithic era.

The Altamira cave has reopened to a handful of visitors, giving them a glimpse of 14,000 year-old bison and other examples of spectacular ancient art. Renowned for vivid paintings of beasts and ...

Small groups allowed back in to view prehistoric murals in Spain’s Altamira Cave to determine effect on paintings.

Small groups allowed back in to view prehistoric murals in Spain’s Altamira Cave to determine effect on paintings.