The Vézère valley contains 147 prehistoric sites dating from the Palaeolithic and 25 decorated caves. It is particularly interesting from an ethnological and anthropological, as well as an aesthetic ...

The recent paper builds on that finding by adding a short-lived cultural dimension to the cave’s occupation. Neanderthals and other prehistoric humans didn’t merely hang out in the cave ...

Israel Hershkovitz & Dr. Omry Barzilai. A rare prehistoric ritual complex has been uncovered in the darkest depths of Manot Cave in Western Galilee, Israel. The complex is enclosed naturally by ...

There are about 250 examples scattered across the Welsh landscape - though experts estimate this represents only a third of ...

A hotel and leisure firm has bought a tourist attraction which includes prehistoric caves for an undisclosed amount. Kents Cavern, in Devon, was marketed at a guide price between £2m and £2.5m ...

During the Ice Age, massive woolly mammoths, cave bears, and dire wolves roamed icy landscapes. Saber-toothed cats hunted ...

Monte Kronio rises 1,300 feet above the geothermally active landscape of southwestern Sicily. Hidden in its bowels is a labyrinthine system of caves, filled with hot sulfuric vapors. At lower ...

He will lead a team of 15 to 20 archaeologists who will look at how the cave was used by Stone Age humans and prehistoric animals. Last summer's excavation, which was limited in size, unearthed ...