Campaigners say they are concerned about plans to build affordable housing above a network of ancient caves.
For a time they stored large amounts of ammunition in ancient caves built into the cliff at the feet of the largest of the two Buddhas.
Most outsiders who visit Atiu come not for beaches and sun, but to see the rainforests, the ancient coral caves and the riot of birdlife, which includes some of the rarest species in the South Pacific, such as the brilliantly plumed Rimatara lorikeet.
We took an excursion to see ancient Buddhist monks' caves with their elaborate meditation paintings and tall Buddha statues in Bamiyan (since destroyed by the Taliban).
From ancient shipwrecks to underwater caves, this photo exhibition is an insight to the diversity of the underwater cultural heritage and its astonishing condition of conservation through the centuries of time, or even millennia.
Mumbai has numerous museums and cultural sites, such as the Elephanta caves, which house ancient Hindu sculptures, and Victoria Terminus (Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus), an iconic train station built by the British in 1888 to celebrate Queen Victoria's 50-year reign on the throne.
What ancient biblical texts discovered in West Bank caves are being made available online?
The park is dotted with ancient monastic cells, chapels and prehistoric caves.
The Nabataeans were ancient Arabs who spoke Aramaic, lived in caves and built cities such as Petra in Jordan.
Alex Scott, SNH area officer for West Sutherland and Wester Ross (North), said the caves provided a unique record of Scotland's ancient history, as glaciers during the Ice Age erased many remains buried just below the surface of the ground.
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The ancient Anasazi Indians in the desert southwest built their pueblos in natural caves on the side of south facing cliffs.
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