archaeology, cave paintings are a type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves. The...
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The Ajanta Caves are 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments dating from the second century BCE to about 480 CE in Aurangabad district (a.k.a. Chhatrapati...
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54°41′38″N 4°26′59″W / 54.6938°N 4.4498°W / 54.6938; -4.4498 St Ninian's Cave is a cave in Physgill Glen, Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland...
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The Rising Star cave system (also known as Westminster or Empire cave) is located in the Malmani dolomites, in Bloubank River valley, about 800 meters...
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Mother Shipton's Cave (or "Old Mother Shipton's Cave") is at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, near the River Nidd. Nearby is a petrifying well...
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Mammoth Cave National Park is a national park in south-central Kentucky, United States. It encompasses portions of Mammoth Cave, the longest known cave system...
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The Cave of the Patriarchs or Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Jews by its Biblical name Cave of Machpelah (Biblical Hebrew: מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה, romanized: Məʿāraṯ...
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junior association football team was rescued from Tham Luang Nang Non, a cave system in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. Twelve members of the team...
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The Karla Caves, Karli Caves, Karle Caves or Karla Cells, are a complex of ancient Buddhist Indian rock-cut caves at Karli near Lonavala, Maharashtra...
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there are other candidates, especially a cave above Palaikastro on Mount Petsofas. The village of Psychro (35°09′54″N 25°27′04″E / 35.165°N 25.451°E /...
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