Palaeolithic Collection

Stone-age cave paintings, Chauvet, France
Stone-age cave paintings. Artwork depicting various animals painted on the wall of a cave. These paintings are found in the Chauvet Cave, France

Lascaux II cave painting replica C013 / 7382
Lascaux II replica of a Lascaux cave painting. These are horse and cow figures in the central gallery. The original Lascaux cave was closed to the public in 1963

Stone-age cave paintings, Chauvet, France
Stone-age cave paintings. Artwork of horses painted on the wall of a cave. These paintings are found in the Chauvet Cave, France, the site of the earliest known cave paintings (as of 2011)

Lascaux II cave painting replica C013 / 7378
Lascaux II replica of a Lascaux cave painting. These are deer and auroch figures in the Great Hall of the Bulls. The original Lascaux cave was closed to the public in 1963

Stone-age cave paintings, Chauvet, France
Stone-age cave paintings. Artwork depicting various animals painted on the wall of a cave. These paintings are found in the Chauvet Cave, France

Venus of Willendorf, Stone Age figurine, rear view. Discovered in 1908 near Willendorf, Austria, this 11-centimetre-tall limestone figurine dates from around 23, 000 years ago

Stone-age cave paintings, Chauvet, France
Stone-age cave paintings. Artwork depicting various animals painted on the wall of a cave. These paintings are found in the Chauvet Cave, France

Stone-age cave paintings, Chauvet, France
Stone-age cave paintings. Artwork of fighting rhinoceroses painted on the wall of a cave. These paintings are found in the Chauvet Cave, France

Lascaux cave painting, Bordeaux, France (photo)
KW1078074 Lascaux cave painting, Bordeaux, France (photo); (add.info.: Bordeaux, Gironde Department, Aquitaine, France. Exact facsimile of a painting from the Lascaux cave exhibited in the Musee d)

Venus of Brassempouy
The Venus of Brassempouy carved out of ivory some 18, 000 years ago and discovered in Brassempouy, France. Believed to have been carved during the last stage of the Upper Palaeolithic age

Siberian unicorn, Elasmotherium sibiricum, on a snowy plain. 1908 (illustration)
7233337 Siberian unicorn, Elasmotherium sibiricum, on a snowy plain. 1908 (illustration) by Harder, Heinrich (1858-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Siberian unicorn, Elasmotherium sibiricum)

Homo rudolfensis (KNM-ER 1470) Homo habilis (KNM-ER 1813)
On the left, KNM-ER 1470 (also attributed to H. rudolfensis). On the right, KNM-ER 1813. Both skulls are about 2 million years old. Held at The Natural History Museum, London

Stone Age carving, Magdalenian culture C014 / 2411
Stone Age carving, Magdalenian culture. This object, carved from reindeer antler, shows a bison turning its head, possibly to lick an insect bite

Red Lady of Paviland femur C016 / 5028
Red Lady of Paviland femur. This fossil femur, stained red with ochre, is part of a human fossil skeleton (Homo sapiens) known as the Red Lady of Paviland (Paviland 1)

Upper Palaeolithic tools 18 - 30, 000 years old
L-R: a) Bone used to make needle blanks. b) Bone needle. c & d) Harpoon head and Barbed Point carved from antler. e & f) Two heads carved in mammoth ivory

Men of the Stone Age worshipping the sun
Men of the Stone Age (Palaeolithic Era) worshipping the sun as it rises

The Swiss plateau during the ice age (engraving)
8672976 The Swiss plateau during the ice age (engraving) by Swiss School, (19th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Swiss plateau during the ice age)

Restoration of a lake dwelling (print)
7420090 Restoration of a lake dwelling (print); (add.info.: Restoration of a lake dwelling, after a drawing in Dechelette's d'Archeologie, published 1908)

Bronze Age Swords and rapiers from Torres de Oeste, Catoira, Spain, 8th century BC (metal)
AIS5355979 Bronze Age Swords and rapiers from Torres de Oeste, Catoira, Spain, 8th century BC (metal); Museo de Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain; (add.info.: Pontevedra, Pontevedra Museum); © Iberfoto.

Petroglyph dating from the Bronze Age, San Xurxo, Cotobade, Spain, 2000 BC (petroglyph)
AIS5355998 Petroglyph dating from the Bronze Age, San Xurxo, Cotobade, Spain, 2000 BC (petroglyph); © Iberfoto.

Prehistoric man, c.1880 (illustration)
8698400 Prehistoric man, c.1880 (illustration) by German School, (19th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; (add.info.: History. Prehistory. Bear hunting)

Reindeer Age articles (print)
7420088 Reindeer Age articles (print); (add.info.: Reindeer Age articles including, harpoons of reindeer horn, azilian, pierced for thong, pebble cup or mortar, bone points, bone needles)

Map showing the possible outline of Europe and Western Asia in the Later Palaeolithic Age (print)
7420082 Map showing the possible outline of Europe and Western Asia in the Later Palaeolithic Age (print); (add.info.: Map showing the possible outline of Europe)

Pterodactyl and Archaeopteryx (print)
7420074 Pterodactyl and Archaeopteryx (print); (add.info.: Diagram of a Pterodactyl, its wing showing the elongated 5th finger and an Archaeopteryx. From the book Outline of History by H.G)

Life in the early Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era. (print)
7420067 Life in the early Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era. (print); (add.info.: Life in the early Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era. From the book Outline of History by H.G)

Carnac (Brittany, Morbihan): the Menhirs of Menec in April 1906
7291166 Carnac (Brittany, Morbihan): the Menhirs of Menec in April 1906; Private Collection; (add.info.: Carnac (Brittany)

Prehistoric and extinct animals (litho)
8649825 Prehistoric and extinct animals (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Animals of the World by C W Airne (Sankey, Hudson)

The Stone Age: a Visit to the Zoo (colour litho)
8656872 The Stone Age: a Visit to the Zoo (colour litho) by Payne, Gilbert Morris (1879-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Stone Age: a Visit to the Zoo)

The Stone Age: up the River (colour litho)
8656878 The Stone Age: up the River (colour litho) by Payne, Gilbert Morris (1879-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Stone Age: up the River)

Prehistoric diet: "A mastodon chop or an ichthyosaurus cutlet." (litho)
8634860 Prehistoric diet: "A mastodon chop or an ichthyosaurus cutlet." (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prehistoric diet)

Ancient lacustrine houses, Switzerland (engraving)
8672962 Ancient lacustrine houses, Switzerland (engraving) by Swiss School, (19th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient lacustrine houses, Switzerland)

Primeval scenes: A fight, Men v Moas (litho)
8673761 Primeval scenes: A fight, Men v Moas (litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A fight, Men v Moas)

Title-page illustration for Primeval Scenes (litho)
8673753 Title-page illustration for Primeval Scenes (litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Primeval scenes: A Little Adventure with the Megatherium (litho)
8673724 Primeval scenes: A Little Adventure with the Megatherium (litho) by Burridge, Frederick Vango (1869-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Little Adventure with the Megatherium)

Primeval scenes: A Primeval Circus (litho)
8673714 Primeval scenes: A Primeval Circus (litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Primeval Circus)

Primeval scenes: A Little Sliding Party (litho)
8673712 Primeval scenes: A Little Sliding Party (litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Little Sliding Party)

Primeval scenes: Bathing in Old Father Thames (litho)
8673705 Primeval scenes: Bathing in Old Father Thames (litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bathing in Old Father Thames)

Popular Superstitions: The howling of a dog at night (colour litho)
8668714 Popular Superstitions: The howling of a dog at night (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The howling of a dog at night)

Food and Beverage. Bread cooking in the prehistory. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie
3434791 Food and Beverage. Bread cooking in the prehistory. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France

Skull of an early homo sapiens
3507255 Skull of an early homo sapiens; (add.info.: Skull of an early homo sapiens found in Eastern Europe.); Universal History Archive.

Pygmies in Neolithic scene (mosaic)
6384229 Pygmies in Neolithic scene (mosaic); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: Pigmei in passaggio nilotico); Photo © Stefano Baldini.

Neanderthal skull
3499733 Neanderthal skull; (add.info.: Prehistory. Paleolithic. Mousterian. Neanderthal skull (Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis). Middle Paleolithic (90000 BC-35000 BC). Museum of Natural History

An arrow head from prehistoric times, ca 1900 (print)
7422821 An arrow head from prehistoric times, ca 1900 (print); (add.info.: Science. Mineralogy. An arrow head from prehistoric times)

Late Mesozoic Era reptiles (print)
7420072 Late Mesozoic Era reptiles (print); (add.info.: Late Mesozoic Era reptiles. Tyrannosaurus, Trachodon and Triceraptops)

Some reptiles of the Late Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era. (print)
7420069 Some reptiles of the Late Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era. (print); (add.info.: Some reptiles of the Late Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era)

Diagram of Oligocene Mammals (print)
7420076 Diagram of Oligocene Mammals (print); (add.info.: Diagram of Oligocene Mammals including, Titanothere, Entelodont, Hyracodon, Uintathere, Hyaenodon)

Fossil skeleton of the pareiasaurus bainii (engraving)
8631312 Fossil skeleton of the pareiasaurus bainii (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fossil skeleton of the pareiasaurus bainii)

The Dawn of Golf (engraving)
8672679 The Dawn of Golf (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dawn of Golf. Illustration from The Boy's Own Annual (London)

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"Unveiling the Mysteries of Palaeolithic: Journey into the Ancient World" Step back in time and explore the captivating world of Palaeolithic, a period that dates back thousands of years. From intricate cave paintings to enigmatic figurines, this era has left behind an extraordinary legacy for us to unravel. One remarkable site is Lascaux II, where a replica of its famous cave painting transports us to a time when early humans expressed their creativity on stone walls. These Stone-Age cave paintings found in Chauvet, France offer glimpses into their daily lives and spiritual beliefs. Speaking of Chauvet, it seems this region was truly an artistic hub during the Stone Age. The abundance and diversity of these ancient artworks continue to astound researchers today. Each stroke tells a story - stories that have survived centuries. But Palaeolithic isn't just about art; it's also about fascinating creatures that once roamed our planet. Take the Siberian unicorn or Elasmotherium sibiricum as an example – an awe-inspiring creature captured in illustrations from 1908. Such discoveries remind us how diverse life on Earth used to be. The Venus figurines are another intriguing aspect of this era. Whether it's the Venus of Brassempouy or the iconic Venus of Willendorf, these Stone Age masterpieces provide insights into human perceptions of beauty and fertility at that time. And let's not forget our ancestors. Homo rudolfensis (KNM-ER 1470) and Homo habilis (KNM-ER 1813) represent important milestones in human evolution during Palaeolithic times. Their remains shed light on our own origins and how we became who we are today. Lastly, there are carvings like those from Magdalenian culture – intricate works etched onto stone surfaces with precision and skill. These carvings serve as evidence for sophisticated craftsmanship and the cultural significance of art in Palaeolithic societies.