Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the oldest human-made drawings ever found. Discovered in a cave in South Africa, the cross-hatch pattern was drawn in red ochre and found to date back ...

The drawing, which takes the form of a simple, red, cross-hatched pattern made up of nine lines was found on a small piece of silcrete—a fine-grained rock formed from sand and gravel—unearthed ...

The “drawing” consisted of a cross-hatched pattern made of six lines crossed with three lines on a silcrete flake. As such, it was described as a Stone Age “hashtag”.

They’ve found a 73,000-year-old cross-hatched drawing on a silcrete (stone) flake. It was made with an ochre crayon.

Researchers say they have found the world’s oldest known line drawing in a seaside cave in South Africa—a red cross-hatched grid sketched on a broken grindstone by early humans 73,000 years ago.

IDW Publishing, which specializes in graphic novels and comics, has signed a deal with Archie Comics to publish the adventures of America’s typical teenager (and that weird cross-hatched drawing ...

Hatching and cross-hatching is used descriptively. The lines are drawn very close together on the face. This makes it look hard and solid.