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Divje Babe is an archeological park located near Idrija in northwestern Slovenia. It is the oldest archaeological site in Slovenia. The site is the location of a horizontal cave, 45 m long and up to 15 m wide. It is located 230 m above the Idrijca river, near Cerkno, and is accessible to visitors. A cave bear femur found at the site could possibly be the world's oldest musical instrument,[1] but this is in dispute.[2][3][4] Researchers working at this site have uncovered more than 600 archaeological finds in at least ten levels, including 20 hearths,[5] the skeletal remains of cave bears, and have studied climate change during the pleistocene.[6]