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The entrance to an Ice Age cave that nobody has entered for 16,000 years has been discovered in southern Germany. During excavations in the town of Engen, in the district of Konstanz, a team led ...
Tucked away from view lies a secret cave entrance - equipped with a 1000-foot elevator that plunges straight down into a vast system of underground water tunnels. In this video, we take the ride, ...
Mark Dickey, 40, was more than 3,400 feet deep inside a Turkish cave when he began to suffer from stomach bleeding. Dozens of cave rescuers have joined to transport him out of the cavern.
An explorer has discovered a cave hidden under a mountain in Japan which locals know as the "entrance to hell". The rural town of Pippu has around 4,000 residents and is usually just a stopping ...
The entrance to Cosquer cave begins deep underwater, and divers must then navigate a large, sloping gallery upwards toward a large chamber. The top of this chamber is above the water line, ...
Sediment dating suggests the cave entrance sealed over around 51 – 57,000 years ago; At that time, the only humans in the area were Neanderthals, but experts say the dates need to be corroborated; ...
An ancient, submerged bridge in a cave on the Spanish island of Mallorca is helping researchers determine when humans first settled on islands across the western Mediterranean Sea thousands of ...
An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the scars remain, allowing visitors to get up close and touch history.
The Ahun Ru Paro cave system sits at the base of Mt Otokoyama in Japan's Hokkaido region - and was given its name by the local Ainu people after the mysterious death of someone who went inside ...