By the end of the 5th century, there were hundreds of monasteries, and thousands of cells and caves scattered throughout the Egyptian desert.

Adolf Hitler announced in 1937, " For all we care, those prehistoric Stone Age culture barbarians and art-stutterers can return to the caves of their ancestors and there can apply their primitive international scratching.

Shaver claimed that a superior pre-historic race had built a honeycomb of caves in the Earth, and that their degenerate descendants, known as " Dero ", live there still, using the fantastic machines abandoned by the ancient races to torment those of us living on the surface.

Groundwater is therefore abundant, and there are many caves and potholes.

He also loved the darkness, for it is said that it was there where "... he could best contemplate ", thus sometimes hiding out in caves.

I have said elsewhere, that in sight of the pyramids, on the other side in Arabia, and near the stone quarries from which they are built, is a very rocky mountain, called the Trojan mountain ; beneath it there are caves, and near the caves and the river a village called Troy, an ancient settlement of the captive Trojans who had accompanied Menelaus and settled there.

Beth aids Liz and Simon in returning through the Time Barrier before heading for the safety of some caves with the misfits and 2957, who has seen the error of his ways, where there is water and they might stand a chance of survival.

According to Benjamin of Tudela, there was a sequence of three caves, the first two of which were empty ; in the third cave were six tombs, arranged to be opposite to one another.

... there are two caves, one on top of the other, and ... death lives in the lowest realm.

Instructed to create a Temple of the Sun in the spot where the staff sank into the earth, they traveled to Cusco via underground caves and there built a temple in honour of their father Inti.

There was neither man, nor animal, birds, fishes, crabs, trees, stones, caves, ravines, grasses, nor forests ; there was only the sky.

The caves have also been used as a venue for live music ; Jimi Hendrix, the Who and the Rolling Stones have all played there.

According to the Heritage Press there were some early pioneers who lived in caves and covered wagons while building their log cabins in the area now known as Midland.

Located at the end of a " stomach churning " drive along State Route 46, there are limestone caves discovered in 1874 by a hunter and his dog.

At the caves, there is a 23-room chateau that was built in 1932.

Like Southern Weyr, there are no caves ; dragons sleep in sheltered sand wallows and riders live in huts near their dragons.

In one of the caves on the south coast, the heat from the volcano is still great, and on the eastern shore of the harbour, there are hot sulphurous springs.

However, there are eyeless species, such as the Brazilian Caecobunus termitarum ( Grassatores ) from termite nests, Giupponia chagasi ( Gonyleptidae ) from caves, and all species of Guasiniidae.

Around the caves, there are campsites and horseback riding.

There is a quarry of good stone on the same side of the isle ; there is abundance of caves on the west side, which serve to lodge several families, who for their convenience in grazing, fishing, & c., resort thither in the summer.

Most of the Mogao caves were abandoned, the site however was still a place of pilgrimage and used as a place of worship by local people at the beginning of the twentieth century when there was renewed interest in the site.

The theory that the caves resulted from flint mining is also questionable because the Chiltern Hills flint bed overlays the chalk escarpment and does not have to be mined, except by means of small open flint dells, of which there are many in the area.

The northern cavefish or northern blindfish, Amblyopsis spelaea, is found in caves through Kentucky and southern Indiana.

There is evidence of Neolithic and even Paleolithic paintings in caves on Levanzo, and to a lesser extent on Favignana.

The translation is “ like those found in caves ” as translated by Knut Bergsland.

In contrast, speleology is the scientific study of caves and the cave environment.

Lighter clothing may be worn in warm caves, particularly if the cave is dry, and in tropical caves thin polypropylene clothing is used, to provide some abrasion protection whilst remaining as cool as possible.

Though cave wildlife may not always be immediately visible, it is typically nonetheless present in most caves.

For these reasons, visiting caves inhabited by hibernating bats is discouraged during cold months ; and visiting caves inhabited by migratory bats is discouraged during the warmer months when they are most sensitive and vulnerable.

Speleology is the science of exploration and study of all aspects of caves and the environment that surrounds the caves.

The formation and development of caves is known as speleogenesis.

Solutional caves are the most frequently occurring caves and such caves form in rock that is soluble, such as limestone, but can also form in other rocks, including chalk, dolomite, marble, salt, and gypsum.

Cheddar Gorge is the largest gorge in the United Kingdom and includes several show caves including Gough's Cave.

By far the largest of the SSSIs is called Cheddar Complex and covers of the gorge, caves and the surrounding area.

As with other hard cheese varieties produced worldwide, caves provide an ideal environment for maturing cheese ; still, today, some Cheddar cheese is matured in the caves at Wookey Hole and Cheddar Gorge.

Dwelling in caves near the Dead Sea is recorded in the Hebrew Bible as having taken place before the Israelites came to Canaan, and extensively at the time of King David.

Also in Roman times, some Essenes settled on the Dead Sea's western shore ; Pliny the Elder identifies their location with the words, " on the west side of the Dead Sea, away from the coast ... the town of Engeda " ( Natural History, Bk 5. 73 ); and it is therefore a hugely popular but contested hypothesis today, that same Essenes are identical with the settlers at Qumran and that " the Dead Sea Scrolls " discovered during the 20th century in the nearby caves had been their own library.

The upper section has most of the whitewater rapids to be found along the river, and features dramatic topography including sink holes and caves, springs, and waterfalls, over tall sandstone and limestone bluffs, and many interesting rock formations.

Mount Eccles National Park at Lake Surprise encompasses 61. 2 square kilometres and includes many interesting geologic features such as lava flows, lava caves, scoria cones and crater lakes.

When roosting, this group is also interesting as they hang from twigs, usually hidden by leaves in trees and do not use caves.

An interesting walk across a limestone plateau with many caves, including Great Douk Caves and Meregill Hole, is followed by a steep and tedious climb to the shoulder of the subsidiary summit of Simon Fell at, a mile to the north-east of the summit.

GamePro magazine praised the game's originality and overall design but found fault with the visual presentation of the title, stating " although this game has an interesting concept, the sluggish game play and average graphics may make you return to the caves.

Apart from the central place the aboriginal drawings have in human history, the caves themselves offer interesting material for a study of the Earth's history.

The rock shelters and caves of Bhimbetka have a number of interesting paintings which depict the lives and times of the people who lived in the caves, including scenes of childbirth, communal dancing and drinking, and religious rites and burials, as well as the natural environment around them.

Rockwoods supports a diverse array of native plant and animal life and contains geologically interesting rock formations and ecologically important springs and caves.

Along the south-eastern coast and on the offshore islands that are exposed to the easterly winds and sea waves, interesting landforms such as sea caves, stacks, arches and inlets add to the beauty of the natural landscape.

The trail system has approximately of trails with features such as: caves, lakes, streams, rivers, and interesting rock formations.

Inside the park, a central map kiosk includes charts of some of the more interesting caves.

Other interesting features include caves on the west side of Axe Edge, one of which is known as " The Devil's Hole " from some strange sounds heard there when the wind is in the right direction.

Other interesting sites are the creek, the waterfall and the various smaller caves found while traversing the extensive areas of forest in the area.

Particularly interesting are the natural caves that have formed due to the erosion of the terrain caused by the flow of the river.

Perhaps inspired by some of the most interesting Bushman paintings in nearby caves, which are accessible to the visitor.

* Sacred caves in Southeast Asia An interesting description of sacred caves in Southeast Asia and their role in Buddhist practice

Beaches are limited but there are crystal clear pools ideal for swimming in the subterranean limestone caves and the beach at low tide abounds in interesting marine life.

An interesting description of sacred caves in Southeast Asia and their role in Buddhist practice can be found here: Sacred caves in Southeast Asia