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 ...

The goal was to achieve a “balance” between preserving the rock art and making a vital part of Spain’s heritage accessible, the director of the Altamira Museum, José Antonio Lasheras, told CNN.

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 ...

The caves of Altamira, Peña de Candamo, Tito Bustillo, Covaciella, Llonín, El Pindal, Chufín, Hornos de la Peña, Las Monedas, La Pasiega, Las Chimeneas, El Castillo, El Pendo, La Garma, Covalanas, ...

Spain boasts a number of significant ancient cave paintings, including the Altamira Caves, known as the Sistine Chapel of Palaeolithic art.After decades of tourism, the popular attraction had ...

SANTILLANA DEL MAR, Spain — Spain’s Altamira Cave, which contains some of the world’s most important prehistoric paintings, will be reopened to the public after being closed since 2002 ...

Dating Early Cave Art in Spain (12 ... in the National Museum and Research Centre of Altamira. The famous polychrome bison can be seen painted over earlier red ... Research Centre of Altamira.

A painted bison on the ceiling of Altamira cave in Spain. The cave is closed to the public because human incursions have caused damage to the 14,000-year-old paintings. (Image credit: MNCN-CSIS ...

Spain's famous Altamira caves have briefly opened to the public, for the first time in 12 years. Five elderly Spaniards chosen in a draw marvelled at its ice-age paintings of bison, bulls and ...

Cova Dones, the cave in question, lies close to Spain’s eastern coast in Valencia, whereas most of the country’s ancient art—including the famous prehistoric cave paintings of Altamira—is ...