A generated image of the prehistoric sandstone plate and its engraving A stone believed to be about ... is etched into the prehistoric slab Other items unearthed at the site in Angoulême include ...

Nearly 16,000-year-old portrayals of fish surrounded by nets had evaded detection until a new technique took magnification to a new level.

and also one of the most mysterious. These petroglyphs (stone-engraved drawings different from hieroglyphs, which are sacred) ...

Fragments of stone engraved with abstract designs are the earliest known art in the British Isles, researchers say. They were made by hunter-gatherers who lived between 23,000 and 14,000 years ago ...