The works of more than 50 sculptors are being featured in a trail 100ft (30m) beneath the ground in caves this summer.Back to ...

Now experts have examined a large collection of iron-rich rock ochre - a mineral used to make pigments for paint. The analysis indicates that this primitive paint was used for more than 4,500 ...

Collecting ochre, turning it into a powder or paint, and then applying it to the body or surroundings to express something to others is a multistep process, done to convey something to another ...

Scientists have discovered a milk-and ochre-based paint dating to 49,000 years ago that inhabitants may have used to adorn themselves with or to decorate stone or wooden slabs. An international ...

The substance is the dried remains of a primitive form of paint made by combining colorful clay called ochre, crushed seal bones, charcoal, quartzite chips, and a liquid, such as water.

when they realized that all this paint flaked off,” he said. Before the process began to repair and clean “Woman-Ochre,” four members of the GCI science team – Vincent Beltran, Lynn Lee ...

"Woman-Ochre" was worth an estimated $6,000 when ... Under a microscope, conservators reattached lifting and flaking paint with special tools. They used a tiny brush and pigments to fill ...