ANCIENT humans lived in lava tubes inside cave systems around 7,000 years ago, according to a new study. The lava tube in question is called Umm Jirsan and is located in Saudi Arabia. A new study a… ...

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have discovered rare ancient rock art at the entrance to a remote desert lava tube—a cave formed by flowing lava. Located in the volcanic field of Harrat Khaybar ...

People in the Arabian desert once occupied natural underground tunnels thousands of years ago that were made of cooled lava, archaeologists have discovered.

In another tunnel near Umm Jirsan, the researchers found 16 panels of engraved rock art. The carvings appeared to be herding scenes, with tool-wearing, stick-figure humans standing alongside ...

By contrast, lava caves, widely known as lava tubes, are formed in a geological instant—a year or two, sometimes weeks—by an eruption from the Earth’s crust.

In this lava tube, named Umm Jirsan and the first in Saudi Arabia to be excavated, they uncovered stone tool fragments, animal remains and human bones, the oldest of which were close to 7,000 ...