Cave

The Herzliya caveman: The final days of the cliff palace

For 50 years, Nissim Kahlon carved a cliff palace at Sidna Ali Beach. Now, past age 80, the Herzliya Caveman faces a final eviction deadline.

A play of light and shadow, glass and ceramics overlooking the sea, Sidna Ali.
Human skeleton from a flooded cave along Mexico’s Caribbean coast.

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

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


What was England's mysterious cave with religious carvings used for?

Royston Cave was discovered in the 16th Century filled with carvings of religious figures.

 Carvings in Royston Cave.

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.