Red Deer co-founder and lead architect and designer of Ochre, Lucas Che Tizard, was inspired by the color palette found within the National Gallery’s collection. (London, UK)—Ochre, the National ...

Qafzeh Cave in Israel is a remarkable site that contains many skeletons of humans who lived there about 100,000 years ago. Archaeologists have recently discovered fragments of red ochre - a form of ...

The pieces of pigment were discovered on opposite sides of the ancient lake in North Yorkshire. One of the ancient chunks of red ochre— a type of reddish-brown clay used by prehistoric people around ...

In December 1997 Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) was asked by the the Coal Authority to complete a feasibility study on the treatment of discharges from mine workings at Taff Merthyr, just south of Merthyr ...

Researchers diving into dark submerged caves on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula have found evidence of an ambitious mining operation starting 12,000 years ago and lasting two millennia for red ochre, an ...

“What is remarkable is not only the preservation of the mining activity, but also the age and duration of it." Ochre has long been an important material throughout human history. Cave divers made the ...

In sites stretching from Beijing, China, to Altamira, Spain, archaeologists have turned up remains of red clay dating back to ancient times, indicating how the color’s use—and significance—has endured ...

Singer-songwriter Archie Roach is to be recognised for his contribution to Indigenous arts and culture at a special awards ceremony in Sydney tonight. Roach has won the $50,000 Red Ochre Award, which ...