“Look, Daddy – oxen,” 9-year-old Maria cried out, pointing to the roof of the cave. Her father, Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, looked up. It was 1879 and he was making his second visit to the Cave of ...

a policy article published in the journal Science in October 2011, Spanish scientists argued against the reopening of Altamira Cave, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The cave contains multicolored cave ...

MADRID — A cave complex boasting prized prehistoric paintings will reopen after eight years of closure, despite scientists' warnings that heat and moisture from human visitors damage the site known as ...

Seventeen decorated caves of the Paleolithic age were inscribed as an extension to the Altamira Cave, inscribed in 1985. The property will now appear on the List as Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic ...

SANTILLANA DEL MAR, Spain -- Digital technology is usually seen as blazing a trail to the future, but in some cases it's being used to re-create the past. Just a few hundred meters from the entrance ...

The cavern that houses Spain’s most celebrated prehistoric art is on the mend from a microbial infestation that closed it to the public. A push from regional government officials to reopen Altamira ...

MADRID — More than 50 cave etchings thought to be around 14,500 years old have been found in the northern Spanish town of Lekeitio. Bizkaia regional official Unai Rementeria announced the discovery in ...

This past Saturday, the Fundación Botín released a statement announcing the tragic passing of José Antonio Lasheras, who has served as director of the Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigación de ...

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An archaeologist and a recreational cave explorer recently discovered at least 70 ancient cave paintings in the Atxurra caves in northern Spain. Although a team located the caves in 1929, the ...

MADRID (AP) — Spanish archaeologists say they have discovered an exceptional set of Paleolithic-era cave drawings that could rank among the best in a country that already boasts some of the world's ...