Published last month, the study, First evidence for human occupation of a lava tube in Arabia: The archaeology of Umm Jirsan Cave and its surroundings, northern Saudi Arabia, concluded that the ...

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"These findings underscore the immense potential for interdisciplinary investigations in caves and lava tubes, offering a unique window into Arabia's ancient past." The research at Umm Jirsan ...

A large tube produced by lava – molten rock (magma) that had been expelled from the interior of the earth – in the Umm Jirsan cave in northern Saudi Arabia provided valuable shelter for humans ...

Archaeologists have found evidence of human habitation within lava tubes for the first time, in the deserts of northern Saudi Arabia. Lava tubes are caves that form during a volcanic eruption.

Each year, researchers, tourists and hikers from around the world visit the Umm Jirsan lava tube system in Saudi ... evidence of people occupying these caves,” lead author Mathew Stewart ...

Consequently, the team decided to investigate caves and lava tubes to see what might be preserved in these protected underground environments. While exploring Umm Jirsan—the longest lava tube in ...

Turns out, millennia ago, ancient people also sought refuge from a punishing landscape in cave-like volcanic ... adding that ...

In northern Medina, at the heart of the Harrat Khaybar volcanic field in Saudi Arabia, archaeologists have made a startling discovery: a lava cave, known as Umm Jirsan, was occupied by humans at least ...

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 ...