American travelers set records in France last year, yet most never made it past the Riviera coastline to Cotignac, a Provence ...

Crawling through tight underground passages in southern France, paleontologist Jean-David Moreau and his colleagues have to descend 500 meters below the surface to reach the only known footprints of ...

Southwest France, and the Dordogne in particular, is the heart of one of the most cave-rich regions in the world. The ...

Human beings have been making art forever. German director Werner Herzog’s 2010 film Cave of Forgotten Dreams (available on DVD) is a documentary about the oldest artwork in the world: cave paintings.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

BERLIN — A hillside dwelling overlooking the picturesque Rhone Valley in southern France proved irresistible for our ancestors, attracting both Neanderthals and modern humans long before the latter ...

LOMBRIVES CAVE, France — Ever wonder what it would feel like to unplug from a hyperconnected world and hide away in a cave for a few weeks? Fifteen people in France found out. After 40 days in ...

France's Loire Valley is certainly known for its many chateaus, bed and breakfasts, and amazing wine. But if you're too busy focusing on fancy manses or food and drink, you could easily miss another ...

Fifteen volunteers have emerged from a cave in the southwest of France after spending 40 days without clocks, phones, or sunlight for a human isolation experiment. The group of eight men and seven ...