Names. In the 1980s, the names "Empire", "Westminster", and "Rising Star" were used interchangeably. The species's name, naledi (Sesotho for "star"), and the "Dinaledi Chamber" (incorporating the Sotho word for "stars") were so named by members of the Rising Star Expedition in reference to the species and chamber's location in Rising Star Cave. A portion …

The Marble Arch, Cladagh River resurgence and three large dolines on the plateau above the end of Cladagh Glen were all known well before underground exploration began; in fact the arch was a popular tourist attraction in the 19th century. As early as the 1730s, the Reverend William Henry described these features, as well as the sinks of the Owenbrean, Aghinrawn and Sruh Croppa …

Lascaux (English: / l æ ˈ s k oʊ / la-SKOH, US also / l ɑː ˈ s k oʊ / lah-SKOH; French: Grotte de Lascaux [ɡʁɔt də lasko], "Lascaux Cave") is a network of caves near the village of Montignac, in the department of Dordogne in southwestern France. Over 600 parietal wall paintings cover the interior walls and ceilings of the cave. The paintings represent primarily large animals ...

The Utroba Cave, also known as Womb Cave, is a prehistoric cave sanctuary in Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria.The cave resembles a human vulva and dates to the Thracian period.Historians believe that it was once used as a fertility shrine. It is known in Bulgarian as Utrobata (Утробата, Bulgarian pronunciation: [oˈtrɔbɐtɐ], lit. 'The Womb') or Peshtera Utroba …

Blombos Cave is an archaeological site located in Blombos Private Nature Reserve, about 300 km east of Cape Town on the Southern Cape coastline, South Africa.The cave contains Middle Stone Age (MSA) deposits currently dated at between c. 100,000 and 70,000 years Before Present (BP), and a Late Stone Age sequence dated at between 2000 and 300 years BP. ...

La grotte de Niaux est une grotte ornée du Paléolithique supérieur ayant livré de nombreuses figurations pariétales magdaléniennes.Elle est située en France, en région Occitanie, dans le département de l'Ariège, sur la commune de Niaux, et s'ouvre à mi-pente dans la vallée de Vicdessos.Elle fait partie du réseau de grottes ornées de la chaîne pyrénéo-cantabrique.

Qafzeh Cave, also known by other names, is a prehistoric archaeological site located at the bottom of Mount Precipice in the Jezreel Valley of Lower Galilee south of Nazareth. [1] [2] Important remains of prehistoric people were discovered on the site - some of the oldest examples in the world, outside of Africa , of virtually anatomically ...

The area has been inhabited for at least 15,000 years, as evidenced by the markings of Badanj Cave. It was known as Daorson and was the capital of the Illyrian tribe Daorsi. Vani: Colchis Georgia: before 8th century BC: Seville: Iron Age Iberia Spain: 8th century BC [citation needed] founded as Tartessian Spal. Málaga: Iron Age Iberia Spain

L'abri de Cro-Magnon est un site préhistorique du Paléolithique supérieur situé dans l'ancienne commune des Eyzies-de-Tayac (commune nouvelle des Eyzies), dans le département de la Dordogne, à quelques centaines de mètres de la gare des Eyzies.Outre des sépultures, ce site éponyme de l'Homme de Cro-Magnon a livré des outils en silex et des éléments de parure …

La grotte ornée du Pont d'Arc, grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc ou simplement grotte Chauvet [a], est une grotte ornée paléolithique située sur le territoire de la commune de Vallon-Pont-d'Arc (sud de l'Ardèche, France).Découverte en 1994, elle a d'abord été nommée grotte ornée de la Combe d'Arc [1] (du nom du lieu-dit où elle se trouve) mais porte aujourd'hui le nom d'un de ses …

The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave (French: Grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc, French pronunciation: [ɡʁɔt ʃovɛ pɔ̃ daʁk]) in the Ardèche department of southeastern France is a cave that contains some of the best-preserved figurative cave paintings in the world, as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life. It is located near the commune of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc on a limestone cliff above …

Lovelock Cave (NV-Ch-18) is a North American archaeological site previously known as Sunset Guano Cave, Horseshoe Cave, and Loud Site 18. The cave is about 150 feet long and 35 feet wide. Lovelock Cave is one of the most important classic sites of the Great Basin region because the conditions of the cave are conducive to the preservation of organic and inorganic material.

Protection status. Callao Cave was visited by American Governor-General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. in 1932 who under his term created the National Park system of the country with the passing of Act No. 3195 in 1932. Callao Cave was one of the earliest national parks of the country when it was established on July 16, 1935 by Proclamation no. 827.

The Belum Caves, located in Nandyala district of Andhra Pradesh's Rayalaseema region, is the second largest cave system on the Indian subcontinent, known for its speleothems, such as stalactite and stalagmite formations. The Belum Caves have long passages, galleries, spacious caverns with fresh water and siphons. This cave system was formed over the course of tens of …