The oldest Cro-Magnon remains from South East Europe are the finds from Peştera cu Oase ( the Cave with Bones ) near the Iron Gates in Romania.

Additionally, cave bear remains from Peştera cu Oase in the southwestern tip of the Carpathian Mountains had elevated levels of nitrogen-15 in their bones, indicative of omnivorous diets, although the values are within the range of those found for the strictly herbivorous mammoth.

In another study, researchers have recently found in Peştera Muierilor, Romania, remains of European humans from years ago who possessed mostly diagnostic " modern " anatomical features, but also had distinct Neanderthal features not present in ancestral modern humans in Africa, including a large bulge at the back of the skull, a more prominent projection around the elbow joint, and a narrow socket at the shoulder joint.

The Peştera Muierilor find is that of a single, fairly complete cranium of a woman with rugged facial traits and otherwise modern skull features was found in a lower gallery of the " Women's cave " in Romania, among numerous cave bear remains.

The city administers four villages: Dâlja Mare, Dâlja Mică, Peştera and Slătinioara.

Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave follows Geoffrey of Monmouth in calling him Aurelius Ambrosius and portrays him as the father of Merlin, the elder brother of Uther ( hence uncle of Arthur ), an initiate of Mithras, and generally admired by everyone except the Saxons.

He became a recluse, making a home for himself in a cave on Salamis ( The Cave of Euripides ), " where he built an impressive library and pursued daily communion with the sea and sky ", eventually retiring to the " rustic court " of King Archelaus in Macedonia, there dying in 406 BC.

It is likely that ELIZA was also on the system where Will Crowther created Colossal Cave ( Adventure ), the 1975 game that spawned the interactive fiction genre.

In Hebron, Baibars banned Jews from worshiping at the Cave of the Patriarchs ( the second holiest site in Judaism ), the ban remained in place until its conquest by Israel 700 years later.

Cave painting of aurochs ( Bos primigenius primigenius ), Lascaux, France, prehistoric art

However, in particular and very rare conditions such as these encountered in the past in Lechuguilla Cave in New Mexico ( and more recently in the Frasassi Caves in Italy ), other mechanisms may also play a role.

Mary Stewart produced an influential quintet of Arthurian novels, with Merlin as the protagonist in the first three: The Crystal Cave ( 1970 ), The Hollow Hills ( 1973 ) and The Last Enchantment ( 1979 ).

In the Super Nintendo game Kirby Superstar ( and its Nintendo DS re-make Kirby Superstar Ultra ), the Triforce can be found in the game The Great Cave Offensive.

Eventually, Damiel meets the trapeze artist Marion at a bar ( during a concert by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ), and they greet each other with familiarity as if they had long known each other.

The most important parks in Milan are the set of adjacent parks in the western area of the city, forming Parco Agricolo Sud Milano ( Parco delle Cave, 131 hectares ; Boscoincittà, 110 hectares ; and Trenno Park, 59 hectares, whose total area amounts to about 300 hectares ), Sempione Park, Parco Forlanini, Giardini Pubblici, Giardino della Villa Comunale, Giardini della Guastalla and Lambro Park.

Others, such as Cave Basalt ( known for its system of lava tubes ), flowed up to from their vents.

Towards the end of the period of Crusader rule, in 1166 Maimonides visited Hebron, which he apparently thought lay east of Jerusalem, and wrote ,' On Sunday, 9 Marheshvan ( 17 October ), I left Jerusalem for Hebron to kiss the tombs of my ancestors in the Cave.

As well as possessing many sites with the skeletal and cultural remains of both pre-modern and early modern humans ( e. g. at Kebara Cave in Israel ), later Pleistocene hunter-gatherers and Epipalaeolithic semi-sedentary hunter-gatherers ( the Natufians ), this area is most famous for its sites related to the origins of agriculture.

Of the thirty-seven Greek churches, the most important are the city's cathedral, the church dedicated to Our Lady of the Cave ( η Παναγία Σπηλιώτισσα ( hē Panagia Spēliōtissa )); Saint Spyridon church, wherein lies the preserved body of the patron saint of the island ; and finally the suburban church of St Jason and St Sosipater ( Αγιοι Ιάσων και Σωσίπατρος ), reputedly the oldest in the island, and named after the two saints probably the first to preach Christianity to the Corfiots.

Other school magazines, including The Spectrum and The Arts Review, have been published, as well as publications produced by individual departments such as The Cave ( Philosophy ), Etonomics ( Economics ), Scientific Etonian ( Science ), and most recently The Lexicon ( Modern Languages ).

The caves at Fairy Cave Quarry were formed mainly by the erosive action of water flowing beneath the water-table at considerable pressure ( so called ' phreatic ' development ), but as the water table has fallen many of the caves now lie well above it and the system now contains a variety of cave formations ( stalagmites, stalactites and calcite curtains ) which in their extent and preservation are amongst the best in Britain.

Other attractions include wildlife reserves ( Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary ), jewellery stores, scuba diving, helicopter rides, golf, festivals ( the largest being the annual Crop Over festival July / Aug ), sightseeing, cave exploration ( Harrison's Cave ), exotic drinks and fine clothes shopping.

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.

Gough's Cave, which was discovered in 1903, leads around into the rock-face, and contains a variety of large rock chambers and formations.

Cox's Cave, discovered in 1837, is smaller but contains many intricate formations.

The Chauvet Cave in the Ardèche Departments of France contains the most important preserved cave paintings of the Paleolithic era, painted around 31, 000 BC.

The most famous of these is the multi-chambered Mammoth Cave, which lies 21 kilometres south of the town and contains fossils dating back over 35, 000 years.

The Cave of Chauvet in the Ardèche département, France, contains the most important cave paintings of the paleolithic era, dating from about 31, 000 BCE.

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

Bellamy Cave, located near Stringtown, contains the remains of two dozen saltpeter leaching vats and was apparently a large operation.

Cooper Creek Cave also shows evidence of extensive mining and contains the remains of " many saltpeter hoppers " ( Barr, 1961 ).

Plato's Phaedo contains similar imagery to that of the Allegory of the Cave ; a philosopher recognizes that before philosophy, his soul was " a veritable prisoner fast bound within his body ... and that instead of investigating reality by itself and in itself it is compelled to peer through the bars of its prison ".

Piper Cave, located near Monoville, contains the poorly-preserved remnants of dozens of saltpeter leaching vats.

It contains Jingemia Cave.

Cox's Cave, discovered in 1837, is smaller but contains many intricate formations.

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.

The very small remaining part of the Temiya Cave contains carvings from the Zoku-Jōmon period of Ainu history, around A. D. 400.

A song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds called More News from Nowhere, which is loosely based on the Odyssey, contains a lyric briefly summarizing the story of Odysseus and Calypso.

The church contains monuments to Anthony Cave.

The Chauvet-Pont-d ' Arc Cave in the Ardèche department of southern France is a cave that contains some of the earliest known cave paintings, as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life.

The township contains the communities of Bala, Bala Park, Bardsville, Barlochan, Beaumaris, Baysville, Bear Cave, Beatrice, Bent River, Brackenrig, Cedar Village, Dee Bank, Dixon's Corners, Dudley, Duffy, Echo Beach, Ferndale, Foot's Bay, Glen Orchard, Gregory, Gull Rock, Hekkla, Inverness Lodge, Juddhaven, Mendora, Milford Bay, Minett, Morinus, Mortimers Point, Park Beach, Port Carling, Port Keewaydin, Port Sandfield, Raymond, Redwood, Roderick, Rossclair, Rosseau Falls, Rostrevor, Shannon Hall, Sunset Beach, Thorel House, Tomelin Bluffs, Torrance, Ufford, Ullswater, Valley Green Beach, Walkers Point, Willow Beach, Whiteside, Windermere, Woodington, Woodward Station and Ziska.

The range contains many world-class caves, including Carlsbad Caverns ( the best known ) and Lechuguilla Cave, discovered in 1986.

One cave, Rebecca's Cave, contains the grave of a young girl lost in a struggle against the ravages of the great ' 32 Hurricane, and it is a Cayman National Heritage Site.

Within walking distance are " Water Cave " and " Stupa Cave ", which contains the ruins of an old stupa.

Jewel Cave National Monument contains Jewel Cave, currently the second longest cave in the world, with just over of mapped passageways.