Cave

Rare 8,000-year-old human remains found in Mexican underwater cave

Researchers said the find adds another piece to the emerging picture of early inhabitants of the Yucatán Peninsula when the landscape was a dry plain with cliffs rather than today’s jungle.

Human skeleton from a flooded cave along Mexico’s Caribbean coast.
Rural landscape, Cumbria, Lake District, UK, February 25, 2026.

Meet Britain's oldest Northerner: The ‘Ossick Lass' buried over 11,000 years ago - study

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15,000 years ago, hunters gatherers on the Carmel lived off coastal lakes teeming with birds

Spider megacolony of 111,000 found weaving record web in Sulfur Cave on Greece-Albania border.

Spider megacolony of 111,000 found weaving record web in Sulfur Cave on Greece-Albania border


Ancient Mayan underwater canoe was used for ritual to the underworld - study

Around the canoe, divers found 38 separate skeletal remains, including a female human foot bone and bones from an armadillo and other animals.

 Divers make their way through a freshwater sinkhole, known as a cenote, in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula in this undated photo.

Scientists discover oldest Neanderthal engravings ever found

The finding in France involves a series of non-figurative markings on the wall, which the team interpreted as finger-flutings, marks made by human hands.

 Neanderthal communities in prehistoric Europe. How were they linked? (Illustrative)

One man dead after tour boat capsizes in New York cave

The Lockport Cave boat ride is only a small part of the tour of the Erie Canal.

 The Erie Canal in New York's northern region.

Antiquities robbers caught red-handed looting Roman-era caves

The site in question contained artifacts that are approximately 2,000 years old, dating back to the Roman-Byzantine era, according to the IAA.

 The "Einat Shuim" archeological site in northern Israel near the village of Ein Mahal.

Who was 'Professor of Adventure' Millican Dalton?

Millican Dalton lived in a cave in the lake district for 40 years after giving up on city life in London.

 Illustrative image of a cave.

Mayan pot recovered from cave in Playa del Carmen

The vessel appeared to help "prepare chocolate and with ceramics" associated with the time period.

The INAH recovers a complete Mayan vessel from a cave in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo.

Sorek Stalactite Cave: Israel's natural treasure

Stalactites, dripping fissures, stalagmites, calcareous formations, helictite growths, calcite rafts, travertine drips and films – these are geological terms for structures within the lovely cave.

 The stalactite formation at the Avshalom Cave, also known as the Sorek Cave.

Did a hermit king live in a medieval Anglo-Saxon cave?

A cave discovered by archaeologists in Derbyshire, UK, may be the earliest intact domestic dwelling currently discovered in England – and a king may have lived in it.

Sefunim Cave

Israel is heating up - these are the caves to cool off in

Caves are underground, out of reach of sunlight, and remain cool all year round. And here in the Land of Israel, we are blessed with a plethora of caves.

The historic Finger Cave in the Carmel.

Stoned in the Stone Age: Prehistoric humans got high - Israeli scholars

The altered state of mind caused by hypoxia also affected the practice of drawing in the caves.

A man looks at a reproduction of the Lascaux caves paintings at the Cap Science's exhibition hall in Bordeaux, October 12, 2012.