A weighty and sentimental piece of Tucson-area history has vanished from Saguaro National Park. A massive rock cairn at Rincon Peak, erected by a surveyor in 1903 to help map the lands that became ...

An amateur archaeologist from Oxfordshire named Hamish Fenton stumbled upon the oldest animal rock carvings in Scotland, possibly even the oldest of their type in the entirety of the United Kingdom.

Some places, like Colorado’s Pikes Peak, use cairns to help hikers navigate otherwise difficult-to-mark paths. If you’re uncertain about a cairn, don’t destroy it, and don’t add to it.

The latest findings from a study of the impacts of industrial air emissions on rock art in WA's Pilbara suggests rocks located closer to industry are more degraded than those further away.

South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, including blood, porcupine quills, and ostrich eggshells.

Rock cairns being made by tourists at Tekapo in front of the Church of The Good Shepherd is frustrating some locals. Photo / George Heard “What ever happened to ‘take only photographs, leave ...

A remarkable set of prehistoric rock art sites likely provided hunter-gatherers with an enchanting "multisensory experience" thanks to their special acoustic properties, a study has revealed.

Fossils Inspired This South African Rock Art That Depicted Mythical-Like Creatures The San people in South Africa painted animals that related to their cultural beliefs, but were most likely inspired ...

Archaeologists in Venezuela have discovered 20 previously unknown rock art sites that are thousands of years old.

Rock art created by prehistoric Native American cultures exists all across the U.S., being most prevalent in the Southwest. Tracking down rock art sites in the Grand Canyon, however, can be a real ...

Archaeologists in the central Brazilian state of Tocantins have discovered 16 rock art sites, estimated to have been created 2,000 years ago.