🇱🇾 Libya · Cave
Jebel Akhdar Hadd Cave Layer 4
Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) · Upper Palaeolithic
Jebel Akhdar Hadd Cave Layer 4 in Cyrenaica, Jebel Akhdar, Libya is a Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) cave attributed to Upper Palaeolithic.
🇨🇳 China · Cave
Yungang Cave 20 Seated Buddha Plinth
Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) · Upper Palaeolithic
Yungang Cave 20 Seated Buddha Plinth in Shanxi, Datong, China is a Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) cave attributed to Upper Palaeolithic.
🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Gatecliff Shelter
Great Basin Archaic (6300 BCE – 1300 CE) · Great Basin Archaic
Gatecliff Shelter in Nevada, United States is a Great Basin Archaic (6300 BCE – 1300 CE) cave attributed to Great Basin Archaic culture.
🇬🇮 Gibraltar · Cave
Vanguard Cave — North Face Ancillary (Strait of Gibraltar)
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) · Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic
Vanguard Cave — North Face Ancillary (Strait of Gibraltar) in Gibraltar, Vanguard Cave, Gibraltar is a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) cave …
🇬🇷 Greece · Cave
Cave of Pan at Vari
Classical to Roman (400 BCE–100 CE) · Athenian
Cave of Pan at Vari in Attica, Greece is a Classical to Roman (400 BCE–100 CE) cave attributed to Athenian.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Cave
Öküzini Cave
Upper Palaeolithic to Early Neolithic (c.21,000–6000 BCE; intensive 17,000–11,800 cal BP) · Anatolian Epipalaeolithic → Early Neolithic
Epipalaeolithic flagship 900 m from Karain (17–11.8 ka) with engraved plaquettes and marine network.
🇧🇪 Belgium · Cave
Grotte de Ramioul
Middle Palaeolithic to Neolithic · Mousterian / Aurignacian / Neolithic
Limestone cave in Flémalle with Mousterian to Neolithic deposits (70,000–2500 BCE), Neanderthal tooth, Upper Palaeolithic engravings and Neolithic collective burial.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Cave
Wonderwerk Cave Excavation Trench 6 Acheulean
Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) · Upper Palaeolithic
Wonderwerk Cave Excavation Trench 6 Acheulean in Northern Cape, Wonderwerk, South Africa is a Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) cave attributed to Upper Palaeolithic.
🇮🇳 India · Cave
Ajanta Cave 17 Veranda Mural
Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) · Upper Palaeolithic
Ajanta Cave 17 Veranda Mural in Maharashtra, Ajanta, India is a Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) cave attributed to Upper Palaeolithic.
🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Dust Cave
Paleo-Indian to Middle Archaic (10,500 – 4000 BCE) · Southeast Paleo-Indian / Early Archaic
Dust Cave in Alabama, United States is a Paleo-Indian to Middle Archaic (10,500 – 4000 BCE) cave attributed to Southeast Paleo-Indian / Early Archaic culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Russell Cave National Monument
Paleo-Indian to Mississippian (6500 BCE – 1000 CE) · Southeast Archaic to Woodland
Russell Cave National Monument in Alabama, United States is a Paleo-Indian to Mississippian (6500 BCE – 1000 CE) cave attributed to Southeast Archaic to Woodland culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Pikimachay Cave (Pikimachay Ayacucho)
Pleistocene? contested 20,000 BP + secure Early Holocene 9,000 BCE – Formative 1800 BCE · Pacaicasa – Ayacucho Preceramic → Wari?
Deep limestone cave 30 m entrance, 13 m depth in Ayacucho basin: stratified sequence spanning Pleistocene to Formative with contested earliest layers (Pikimachay phase 20,000–12,000 BP lithic…
🇮🇱 Israel · Cave
Nahal Oren Cave Terrace Carmel
Natufian to PPN · Mount Carmel Natufian
Nahal Oren Cave Terrace Carmel at Mount Carmel, Israel is a Natufian to PPN cave of the Mount Carmel Natufian tradition, built c. 13000 BCE for cave and terrace natufian burials ppna village.
🇬🇷 Greece · Cave
Theopetra Cave — Middle Avra Gate (Thessaly)
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) · Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic
Theopetra Cave — Middle Avra Gate (Thessaly) in Thessaly, Trikala, Theopetra, Greece is a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) cave attributed to…
🇬🇷 Greece · Cave
Franchthi Cave — Paralia Lower Terrace Niche
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) · Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic
Franchthi Cave — Paralia Lower Terrace Niche in Peloponnese, Argolis, Kilada, Greece is a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) cave attributed to…
🇭🇷 Croatia · Cave
Vindija Cave — Upper Layer G (Krapina-Zagorje)
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) · Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic
Vindija Cave — Upper Layer G (Krapina-Zagorje) in Krapina-Zagorje, Donja Voća, Croatia is a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) cave attributed …
🇮🇱 Israel · Cave
Maresha — Bell Cave Hellenistic Quarry City
Hellenistic (3rd–1st c. BCE) + earlier Iron Edomite Marissa · Idumean / Hellenistic Phoenician polis
Beit Guvrin park excavated by Peters & Thiersch 1902, bell caves industrial 500+, Apollophanes Tomb frescoed.
🇬🇷 Greece · Cave
Cave of the Nympholept — Mt Hymettus
Classical · Athenian
Cave of the Nympholept — Mt Hymettus in Attica, Greece is a Classical cave attributed to Athenian. Cult cave 40 m deep with carved niches for nymph reliefs on Mt Hymettus.
🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Marmes Rockshelter
Paleo-Indian to Protohistoric (10,000 BCE – 1800 CE) · Columbia Plateau Paleo-Indian to Cayuse
Marmes Rockshelter in Washington, United States is a Paleo-Indian to Protohistoric (10,000 BCE – 1800 CE) cave attributed to Columbia Plateau Paleo-Indian to Cayuse culture.
🇭🇷 Croatia · Cave
Grapčeva Cave — Ancillary Niche B (Hvar Island)
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) · Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic
Grapčeva Cave — Ancillary Niche B (Hvar Island) in Split-Dalmatia, Hvar Island, Croatia is a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) cave attributed…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Cave
Qanat Grotto
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Qanat Grotto in River Nile State, Sudan is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) cave attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Cave
Mound Cave
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Mound Cave in Coquimbo, Chile is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) cave attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Cave
Alepotrypa Cave
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Final Neolithic / Early Helladic
Vast Neolithic cave complex at Diros Bay, Laconia, used as settlement and burial site 6000–3200 BCE before earthquake sealed entrance.
🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Lovelock Cave
Lovelock Culture (2500 BCE – 1830 CE) · Lovelock / Paiute-Shoshone
Lovelock Cave in Nevada, United States is a Lovelock Culture (2500 BCE – 1830 CE) cave attributed to Lovelock / Paiute-Shoshone culture.