This rib bone discovered in a cave in the Spanish Pyrenees tells a story of Bronze Age violence. But who fired the shot?

Many visitors expect to see stalactites and stalagmites galore in Mammoth Cave but are surprised when they don't see many of them. In some areas, caprock layers of sandstone and shale block surface ...

Is there a better way of seeing any country than on board a slow-moving five-star hotel? We boarded The Lord Byron in Avignon ...

At the time the art was created, people were living as hunters and gatherers, and it's possible that rituals of some form took place in the cave. Chauvet cave Credit: Heritage Images via Getty Images ...

The Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave in southeastern France is a jewel of prehistoric art. When it was discovered in December 1994, it amazed the world with its vivid cave paintings, believed to be over ...

This week, France in Focus heads underground to explore the "Sistine Chapel" of prehistory. Thirty years ago, three explorers discovered the Chauvet cave, a site in southeastern France that was ...

Scratch circles, it seems, are not just spectacular in their own right, but might have also set in motion a chain of events that led, for example to the splendours of Chauvet Cave in France 34,000 ...