Anou Ifflis Cave
The Anou Ifflis cave is a cave located in Tizi Ouzou in the mountains of the kabylia of Annu n Yiffis ( The cave of
View ArticleAnou Boussouil
This is the second deepest cave in Africa. It lies in the limestone peaks of the Djurdjura Mountains and is an active cave in that
View ArticleCave Axpedition of La Tafna (Algeria)
It is not fortuitous that Tlemcen was chosen to be the capital of Islamic culture in 2011. This region of western Algeria holds nearly 70%
View ArticleCave of Swimmers
The Cave of Swimmers is a cave with ancient rock art in the mountainous Gilf Kebir plateau of the Libyan Desert section of the Sahara.
View ArticleSannur Cave
Sannur Cave was discovered in the 1980s after blasting in a quarry created an entrace. It is 10 km (10 mi) southeast of the city
View ArticleSof Omar Caves
At 15.1 kilometres (9.4 mi) long, Sof Omar Cave is the longest cave in Ethiopia; sources claim it is the longest system of caves in
View ArticleKitum Cave
Kitum Cave is a non-solutional cave developed in pyroclastic (volcanic) rocks (not, as some have presumed, a lava tube) in Mount Elgon National Park, Kenya.
View ArticleFriouato Caves
The Friouato caves or cave,(Arabic: كهف فريواطو), are located about 30 km south of the city of Taza, Morocco. The farthest explored known point is
View ArticleJebel Irhoud
Jebel Irhoud is an archaeological cave site located near Sidi Moktar, about 100 km west of Marrakesh, Morocco. Since circa 1991 7 significant hominid fossils
View ArticleTaforalt Caves
The Taforalt Caves, or Grotte des Pigeons, are located in the Oujda Region of Morocco.Site descriptionDating to around 20,000 years BC, the caves located near
View ArticleOgbunike Caves
The Ogbunike Caves are located in Anambra State, southeastern Nigeria.Site descriptionLocated in a valley blanketed by tropical rain forest, the collection of caves has been
View ArticleLaas Gaal
Laas Gaal (Somali: Laas geel) is a complex of caves and rock shelters in Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous
View ArticleBlombos Cave
Blombos Cave is a cave in a calcarenite limestone cliff on the Southern Cape coast in South Africa. It is an archaeological site made famous
View ArticleBoesmansgat Cave
Boesmansgat, also known in English as "Bushman's Hole", is believed to be the third-deepest submerged freshwater cave (or sinkhole) in the world, approximately 270 meters
View ArticleBorder Cave
Border Cave is a rock shelter on the western scarp of the Lebombo Mountains in KwaZulu-Natal near the border between South Africa and Swaziland. Border
View ArticleCango Caves
The Cango Caves are located in Precambrian limestones at the foothills of the Swartberg range near the town of Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape Province
View ArticleCooper's Cave
Cooper's Cave is a series of fossil-bearing breccia filled cavities located almost exactly between the well known South African hominid-bearing sites of Sterkfontein and Kromdraai
View ArticleDiepkloof Rock Shelter
Diepkloof Rock Shelter is a rock cave in Western Cape, South Africa in which has been found some of the earliest evidence of the human
View ArticleGladysvale Cave
Gladysvale Cave is a fossil-bearing breccia filled cave located about 13 km Northeast of the well known South African hominid-bearing sites of Sterkfontein and Swartkrans
View ArticleGondolin Cave
Gondolin Cave is a Plio-Pleistocene paleocave system in the Northwest Province, South Africa. Located about 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) southwest of Broederstroom village, in the
View ArticleHaasgat Cave
Haasgat is a fossil-bearing cave located in the Cradle of Humankind UNESCO World Heritage Area about 20 kilometres (12 mi) Northeast of the well known
View ArticleHoedjiespunt Cave
Hoedjiespunt is a Middle Pleistocene aged hominid fossil-bearing site on the West coast of South Africa, near the town of Saldanha Bay. The site is
View ArticleHowieson's Poort Shelter
Howieson's Poort Shelter is a small rock cave in South Africa containing the archeological site from which the Howiesons Poort period in the Middle Stone
View ArticleKlasies River Caves
The Klasies River Caves are a series of caves located to the east of the Klasies River mouth on the Tsitsikamma coast in the Humansdorp
View ArticleKromdraai Fossil Site
Kromdraai is a fossil-bearing breccia filled cave located about 2 km east of the well known South African hominid-bearing site of Sterkfontein and about 45
View ArticleMakapansgat Caves
Makapansgat is an archeological location within the Makapansgat and Zwartkrans Valleys, northeast of Mokopane in Limpopo province, South Africa. It is an important paleontological site,
View ArticleMalapa Fossil Site
Malapa is a fossil-bearing cave located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) Northeast of the well known South African hominid-bearing sites of Sterkfontein and Swartkrans and
View ArticleMapoch's Caves
Mapoch's Caves is a provincial heritage site in Middelburg in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.In 1968 it was described in the Government Gazette as
View ArticleMotsetsi Cave
Geographical LocationMotsetsi Cave (also known as Motsetse) is a fossil-bearing breccia filled cavity located about 14 km East of the well known South African hominid-bearing
View ArticleOnmeetbarediepgat Cave
Onmeetbarediepgat is one of the major caves in the Quaternary limestone formations in the district of Bredasdorp in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
View ArticlePlovers Lake Cave
Plovers Lake Cave is a fossil-bearing breccia filled cavity in South Africa. The cave is located about 4 km Southeast of the well known South
View ArticleSibudu Cave
Sibudu Cave is a cave in a sandstone cliff in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is an important Middle Stone Age site occupied, with some
View ArticleSterkfontein Caves
Sterkfontein (Afrikaans for Strong Spring) is a set of limestone caves of special interest to paleo-anthropologists located in Gauteng province, Northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa
View ArticleSudwala Caves
The Sudwala Caves in Mpumalanga, South Africa, are set in Precambrian dolomite rock, which was first laid down about 3800 million years ago, when Africa
View ArticleWonder Cave
The Wonder Cave, in Kromdraai, Gauteng, South Africa, is the third-largest cave chamber in the country, and is believed to be about 2.2 billion years
View ArticleWonderwerk Cave
Wonderwerk Cave is an archaeological site, formed originally as an ancient solution cavity in Dolomite rocks of the Kuruman Hills, situated between Danielskuil and Kuruman
View ArticleAmboni Caves
The Amboni Caves are the most extensive limestone caves in East Africa. They are located 8 km north of Tanga City in Tanzania off the
View ArticleChinhoyi Caves
The Chinhoyi Caves are a group of caves in ZimbabweLocationThe caves are located in Makonde District, Mashonaland West Province, in central, northern Zimbabwe. They lie
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