The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...

Whether to avert bad luck, express gratitude for good fortune, or simply out of habit, knocking on wood endures as a small ...

Deep inside a labyrinthine cave in southwestern France, ancient humans who lived around 30,000 years ago carved horses, ...

The Grotte de Cussac in France’s southwestern Dordogne is home to ancient secrets, including prehistoric cave artworks ...

Discovered 25 years ago in Dordogne, southwestern France, the Cussac cave is an immaculately preserved jewel of prehistory – and so strictly protected by ...

The carvings, which he calls "fragments of mythology", were made with flint, wood and bone. They depict bison, ibex, geese and other animals, as well as women, often with giant heads and tiny feet.