Until the current study, cave pearls were neither found in an archaeological context nor used for archaeological research,” ...

The pearls are a type of ‘speleothem’ – mineral deposits that are formed in caves by moving water. Unlike more commonly known speleothems, such as stalactites and stalagmites, cave pearls ...

Languages: English, Spanish Researchers have found a "unique" collection of "cave pearls"—some of which contain archaeological artifacts—in an ancient tunnel, a study has reported. Cave pearls ...

Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem uncovered rare cave pearls containing man-made objects within an ancient subterranean water system near Jerusalem. Their findings were recently ...

They’re often found in shallow pools of water, and a study recently published in Archaeometry revealed 50 cave pearls were found in an ancient tunnel in the Jerusalem Hills of Israel.

Rachael is a writer and digital content producer at IFLScience with a Zoology degree from the University of Southampton, UK, and a nose for novelty animal stories. Cave pearls the size of tennis ...

On the evening of June 4, the live spectacle In Search of the Dragon Pearl premiered inside the ancient Dragon Pearl Cave, ...

Fantastic Caverns’ cave formations include an awe-inspiring display of columns, cave pearls, draperies, flowstones, stalactites and stalagmites. Early on in the cave's history, some of these ...

In some areas, signs indicate fossils embedded in the walls and “cave pearls,” which are small spherical formations unique to limestone caves. There are pools of water on the cave’s path ...