Italy has more than 30,000 documented caves, but only a relatively small number are open to the public as organised “show caves”. These are some of the best caves in Italy that you can genuinely visit ...

For centuries, Matera, Italy's rock crypts and maze of grottoes have been home to "troglodyte" outcasts living in inhuman conditions Now many of the caves have been converted into upscale "spiritual ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning writer/podcaster, I've been to 100+ countries. Matera, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, has been ...

A view of the Sassi di Matera, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993. Paul Jebara It’s hard to believe that a little more than 50 years ago, Matera was the “shame of Italy,” its cave-dwelling ...

Archaeologists uncovered traces of ancient Greek cult activity in an exposed riverbed at Pertosa-Auletta Caves, officials said. Photo from the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape ...

The calcite-encrusted skeleton of an ancient human, still embedded in rock deep inside a cave in Italy, has yielded the oldest Neanderthal DNA ever found. These molecules, which could be up to 170,000 ...