Both ancient and modern peoples use ochre to decorate themselves and their environments as well as in sunscreen and other functional applications. Stephen Alvarez/National Geographic Creative Smeared ...

The scientist say that this mine was last in use around 48,000 years ago. It was used to mine ochre, which is an a material that was used extensively in human history. It is a natural clay pigment ...

MacDonald from the University of Missouri, has confirmed the discovery of the oldest ochre mine in the world, located in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), a small country in southern Africa. Ochre, an ...