The Kitab al-Magall (" Book of the Rolls ", considered part of Clementine literature ) and the Cave of Treasures mention a tradition that after being founded by the children of Saba ( son of Joktan ), there was a succession of sixty female rulers up until the time of Solomon.

Details about the three of Joktan's sons, Sheba, Ophir and Havilah, were preserved in a tradition known in divergent forms from three pre-Islamic Arabic and Ethiopic sources: the Kitab al-Magall ( part of Clementine literature ), the Cave of Treasures, and the Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan.

In the Cave of Treasures, this appears as: " And the children of Ophir, that is, Send, appointed to be their king Lophoron, who built Ophir with stones of gold ; now, all the stones that are in Ophir are of gold.

The Syriac Cave of Treasures ( ca.

According to the Coptic Book of Adam and Eve ( at 2: 1-15 ), and the Syriac Cave of Treasures, Abel's body, after many days of mourning, was placed in the Cave of Treasures, before which Adam and Eve, and descendants, offered their prayers.

The Syriac Cave of Treasures ( ca.

5th century ) also contains a version similar to that in the Cave of Treasures, but the crown maker is called Santal, and the name of Noah's fourth son who instructs Nimrod is Barvin.

This tradition appears in numerous older sources, including the Kitab al-Magall, the Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan, the Cave of Treasures, and the writings of Patriarch Eutychius of Alexandria.

The " Sons of Seth view " is also the view presented in a few extra-Biblical, yet ancient works, including Clementine literature, the 3rd century Cave of Treasures, and the ca.

The angel Suriyel is briefly mentioned in the Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan as bearing Adam and Eve from the top of a high mountain to the Cave of Treasures.

The Cave of Treasures is a Syriac work containing many of the same legends ; indeed, as Malan remarks, a whole body of stories expanding upon the Old Testament is found in the Talmud, in the Koran, and in other late antique texts.

These texts are usually named as Primary Adam Literature to distinguish them from subsequent related texts, such as the Cave of Treasures that includes what appears to be extracts.

* Cave of Treasures

Details about the three of Joktan's sons, Sheba, Ophir and Havilah, were preserved in a tradition known in divergent forms from three pre-Islamic Arabic and Ethiopic sources: the Kitab al-Magall ( part of Clementine literature ), the Cave of Treasures, and the Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan.

Cave of Treasures: " And in the days of Reu, the Mesraye, who are the Egyptians, appointed their first king ; his name was Puntos, and he reigned over them sixty-eight years.

* Cave of Treasures ( also called The Treasure )

They include not only both Testaments of the Bible ( although heavier use is made of the Old Testament than the New ), but he detects evidence of Rabbinical sources, influence from apocryphal works ( especially the Book of Enoch and Book of Jubilees, and such Syriac works as the Book of the Cave of Treasures, and its derivatives the Book of Adam and Eve and the Book of the Bee.

Although many scholars therefore view Ham as an eponym used to represent Egypt in the Table of Nations, a number of Christians throughout history, including Origen and the Cave of Treasures, have argued for the alternate proposition that Ham represents all black people, his name symbolising their dark skin colour ; pro-slavery advocates, from Eutychius of Alexandria and John Philoponus, to American pro-slavery apologists, have therefore occasionally interpreted the narrative as a condemnation of all black people to slavery.

The Targum Onqelos ( an Aramaic translation of the Bible dating from the first few centuries AD ) and several other sources had Ham gossiping about his father's drunken disgrace " in the street " ( a reading which has a basis in the original Hebrew ), so that being held up to public mockery was what had angered Noah ; as the Cave of Treasures ( 4th century ) puts it, " Ham laughed at his father's shame and did not cover it, but laughed aloud and mocked.

Other locations with valuable preserved ancient and early medieval frescoes include Bagh Caves, Ellora Caves, Sittanavasal, Armamalai Cave, Badami Cave Temples and other locations.

The writer Lobsang Rampa in his book The Cave of the Ancients wrote that an underground chamber system exists beneath the Himalayas of Tibet, and is filled with ancient machinery, records and treasures.

Other points of interest include Highland House ( the 18th century home of the Codrington family ) and the Indian Cave, which contains ancient Amerindian petroglyphs.

An ancient site was found during archaeological excavations at Graham Cave on the Loutre River.

Joseph Fitzmyer noted the following regarding the findings at Qumran Cave Four in particular ; " Such ancient recensional forms of Old Testament books bear witness to an unsuspected textual diversity that once existed ; these texts merit far greater study and attention than they have been accorded till now.

Archeological excavations in Thailand ( Spirit Cave, Non Nok Tha ) and northern Vietnam ( Dong Son, Hoa Binh ) revealed a major surprise: the first Southeast Asians had agriculture and pottery at the same time as the city-states of ancient Mesopotamia.

It was in Cilicia that Zeus battled with the ancient monster and overcame him, in a more complicated story: It was not an easy battle, and Typhon temporarily overcame Zeus, cut the " sinews " from him and left him in the " leather sack ", the korukos that is the etymological origin of the korukion andron, the Korykian or Corycian Cave in which Zeus suffers temporary eclipse as if in the Land of the Dead.

Nearby Niagara Cave is one of the largest caves in the Midwest and features ancient fossils older than some dinosaurs, a waterfall in the largest room in the cave, and a wedding chapel.

The " causeway " legend corresponds with geological history in as much as there are similar basalt formations ( a part of the same ancient lava flow ) at the site of Fingal's Cave on the isle of Staffa in Scotland.

Nearby is the Nicanor Cave, an ancient cave which was planned to be a national pantheon.

Sarangani also has, as treasure, its ancient burial jars, discovered by archaeologists from the National Museum in Ayub Cave, Maitum, in 1991 and in 2008, at Sagel Cave, Maitum ( now declared by National Historical Institute as a national historical sites ).

Projectile points dating back 64, 000 years were excavated from layers of ancient sediment in Sibudu Cave, South Africa, by a team of scientists from the University of the Witwatersrand.

The main body of water starts from the ancient Buddhist / Benbo temple at the top of the valley and ends at Xishen Cave Waterfall in the north with a length of 2. 5 km and a width of 30 – 170m.

Surah Al-Kahf mentions the " People of the Cave ," a strange story about some young men in ancient times who slept in a cave for many years ( which is identical to the Syriac Christian myth of the Seven Sleepers Ephesus ).

Cave paintings and remains found in the refuse piles of ancient camp sites indicate they were hunted by early humans, which also may have contributed to their demise.

On the basis of this rich military history from ancient times to the 20th century, the municipality of Pivka is working on a Park of Military History, which currently has a tank and artillery collection, but the project team has ambitious plans to develop the park into a tourism and experience center that will be a major tourist attraction in an area that already attracts many tourists to Postojna Cave and elsewhere.

Wannian is the location of the Xianren Cave ( Fairy Cave ), where historically important finds have been made of ancient pottery shards and rice grains.

These caves include the Cave of Mayrière supérieure which contains ancient wall paintings that were damaged by overenthusiastic graffiti cleaners in 1991 and the Bruniquel abris that includes evidence of Neanderthal activity.

In 1968 Deraniyagala discovered ancient human burials in the Fa Hien Cave.

In the late 20th-century prehistoric tools were discovered during excavations, along with extinct animals, in the Sheriden Cave which show similarities to tools used by ancient Solutrean, Clovis, and European cultures.

Some of which include Historic Uptown Lexington, which consists of the Davidson County Historical Museum located in the old courthouse and Boone's Cave Park ( where legend says an adolescent Daniel Boone hid from Indians ).

There is a legend that Queen Margaret of Anjou took refuge after the battle in what is known as The Queen's Cave where she was accosted by a robber ; the legend formed the basis for an 18th century play by George Colman the Younger ; but it has been established that Queen Margaret had fled to France by the time the battle took place.

Even so there is a pub called Merlin's Cave in the nearby village, Chalfont St Giles, after this legend.

Some Quranic interpretations about the Seven Sleepers relate it to the Glastonbury legend and is based on the earlier legend of Joseph of Arimathea having come to Glastonbury and the cave ( the title of which is the eighteenth chapter of The Holy Quran ' al-Kahf Cave ) has been identified as the Chalice Well.

Beautiful Maiden Cave ( 美人洞 ) is another cave with a tragic legend attached to its history.

The Clan worships animal spirits, most notably Ursus the Cave Bear, for, as is related in one of the best known Clan legend, it was the Spirit of the Great Cave Bear that taught the Clan to wear fur, live in caves, and store up reserves during the seasons of abundance in order to survive the winter.

In addition to being featured in legend, he is the namesake of Inarajan's Chief Gadao ’ s Cave containing ancient cave paintings.