The primitive-eclogue quality of his drawings, akin to that of graffiti scratched on a cave wall, is equally well known.

* 1185 – The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.

* Pictures of the cave where it is believed by Christians that Jesus was buried and from which it is believed he resurrected and a picture of the remains of the walls of the Temple of Venus previously constructed on that site by the Emperor Hadrian

Its blind cave form, however, is notable for having no eyes and being albino, that is, completely devoid of pigmentation ; it has a pinkish-white color to its body.

A. mexicanus is famous for its blind cave form, which is known by such names as blind cave tetra, blind tetra, and blind cavefish.

Astyanax jordani, however, is another blind cave fish, independently and recently evolved from the sighted surface form, which is sometimes confused with the cave form of A. mexicanus.

As they grow older, skin just grows over them and the eyes degenerate completely, because there is no need for sight in the pitch-black world of a cave.

The blind cave tetra is a fairly hardy species.

However, it is the lack of eyes that has been at the centre of discussion of the Mexican cave tetras among creationists.

Another likely explanation for the loss of its eyes is that of selective neutrality and genetic drift: in the dark environment of the cave, the eyes are neither advantageous nor disadvantageous and thus any genetic factors that might impair the eyes ( or their development ) can take hold with no consequence on the individual or species.

Among some creationists the cave tetra is seen as evidence against evolution.

The path continues to ascend, and the side of the ravine, on which it runs, becomes steeper, until a cave is reached above which the mountain now rises almost perpendicularly ; while on the right, it strikes in a rapid descent down to where, in St Benedict's day, below, lay the blue waters of the lake.

The cave has a large triangular-shaped opening and is about ten feet deep.

Brown bear remains from the Pleistocene period are common in the British Isles, where it is thought they outcompeted cave bears.

Caving — also occasionally known as spelunking in the United States and Canada and potholing in the United Kingdom and Ireland — is the recreational pastime of exploring wild ( generally non-commercial ) cave systems.

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

The challenges involved in the activity depend on the cave being visited, but often include the negotiation of pitches, squeezes, and water ( although actual cave diving is a separate sub-specialty undertaken by very few cavers ).

The " cave of the cats ," Oweynagat, is located near Rathcrogan, Co Roscommon, once the seat of queen Medb and her consort Ailill mac Máta.

It is built on bridges and landfills across small islands and skerries, and spans from the small communities of Vikan and Vevang to Averøy, an island with several historic landmarks, such as the Bremsnes cave with Mesolithic findings from the Fosna culture, the medieval Kvernes stave church, and Langøysund, now a remote fishing community, but once a bustling port along the main coastal route.

It is a very steep ascent or scramble to the cave which is surrounded by trees and boulders and it is necessary to crawl in once at the entrance.

: And near it they heaped an altar of small stones, and wreathed their brows with oak leaves and paid heed to sacrifice, invoking the Mother of Dindymum, Most Venerable, Dweller in Phrygia, and Titias and Cyllenus, who alone of many are called dispensers of doom and assessors of the Idaean Mother, – the Idaean Dactyls of Crete, whom once the nymph Anchiale, as she grasped with both hands the land of Oaxus, bare in the Dictaean cave.

The massive rock that once contained the cave was known as the Oven's Mouth.

Bear Cave is a camping resort in the northern part of the township featuring a cave which was once a stop along the Underground Railroad, assisting freed and escaped slaves from southern states to reach freedom in the northern states or Canada.

After Mario defeats Bowser Jr., still disguised as Shadow Mario, at least once in all of the areas of the island, a flood falls upon Delfino Plaza, opening up a cave that leads into Corona Mountain.

The huge number of bones found in southern, central and eastern Europe has led some scientists to think Europe may have once had literally herds of cave bears.

There was once a Cheung Po Tsai Cave near the Tin Hau Temple west of Stanley, but the cave was filled in the early 1950s.

Beyond the gates were the River of Forgetfulness, beside which Morpheus once carried his father to hide in a cave, and the River of Oblivion.

The order was founded at the site that it claimed had once been the location of Elijah's cave, above sea level at the northwestern end of the mountain range ; this, perhaps not coincidentally, is also the highest natural point of the entire mountain range.

Although he tolerates his partner, Harold Bloomguard, he also fears him because Harold knows his innermost shame and secret, the helpless weakness he once showed in the cave.

Another, named Amon, testified at the trial of Kappler which was held in Italy in 1948 ; saying that once he entered the cave and saw the piles of dead bodies, he fainted and was replaced by a comrade who pushed him aside and shot another victim.

In many versions of the story, the dragon especially enjoyed eating young maidens, and could only be appeased if the townsfolk left a young girl in front of its cave once a month.

long around a loop which once hosted a cave, starts from the two historical bridges of Cesena.

The manor's remains are finally destroyed for good when Gordon, Alfred, Two-Face, Killer Croc, and Two-Face's gang plant bombs on the cave roof, exposing the interior to sunlight and ending Batman's reign of terror once and for all.

It is built around the cave where he once lived.

A legend tells that there was once a dragon living in a cave in the hillside, who was defeated by two knights, Wolfram and Guntram.

This evidence included a cave painting of a transformation and a skull that Gabrielle claims to be two skulls at once, and which David suggests died while metamorphosing.

After leaving the city, the companions hide in a cave, where they meet strongman Raseem the Strong, who befriends them once he realises that they are enemies of Bakaar.

Fossils found in cave deposits show the island once had an endemic species of barn owl Tyto letocarti ; two extinct hawks, Accipiter efficax, Accipiter quartus ; a large, flightless galliform bird, Sylviornis neocaledoniae ; a snipe, ( Coenocorypha sp.

* Saltpeter Furnace: Located not far from the Bee Branches, a small cave is hidden by a waterfall, and that cave was once so important that a small skirmish was fought at the nearby Hubbard Mill during the American Civil War.

According to Apollonius of Rhodes, the cave where Macris once lived was later the marriage chamber for Jason and Medea, and the marriage was consummated there on the Golden Fleece.

In the Jewish Deuterocanonical book Second Maccabees, Chapter 2, " one finds in the records " that Jeremiah, having received an oracle of the Lord, ordered that the tent and the ark and the altar of incense should follow him to the mountain of God where he sealed them up in a cave, and he told those who followed him in order to mark the way ( but they could not find it ) " The place shall remain unknown until God gathers his people together again and shows his mercy, and then the Lord will disclose these things, and the glory of the Lord and the cloud shall appear, as they were shown in the case of Moses, and as Solomon asked that the place be specially consecrated.

2 Maccabees 2: 4-10, written around 100 BC, says that the prophet Jeremiah, " being warned by God " before the Babylonian invasion, took the Ark, the Tabernacle, and the Altar of Incense, and buried them in a cave on Mount Nebo ( Jordan ), informing those of his followers who wished to find the place that it should remain unknown " until the time that God should gather His people again together, and receive them unto mercy.

At a site simply named " The Sinks " in Sinks Canyon State Park, the river flows into a cave in a formation known as the Madison Limestone, and then rises again a half-mile down the canyon in a placid pool.

The pair returned again in 2005 to explore the sump to a depth of, setting a new British Isles depth record for cave diving.

A legend tells that when the Ottomans entered the city, an angel rescued the emperor, turned him into marble and placed him in a cave under the earth near the Golden Gate, where he waits to be brought to life again to conquer the city back for Christians.

The Boreads, sons of Boreas, the North Wind, who also could fly, succeeded in driving off the harpies, but without killing any of them, following a request from Iris, who promised that Phineas would not be bothered by the harpies again, and " the dogs of great Zeus " returned to their " cave in Minoan Crete ".

The cave of Trophonius was not discovered again until the Lebadaeans suffered a plague, and consulted the Delphic Oracle.

Two saltpeter leaching vats in the cave may date from the War of 1812, although this area was mined again during the Civil War.

One hundred and thirty boys and girls followed him out of the town, where they were lured into a cave and never seen again.

He carries her back, but sees that the Japanese have returned, forcing them to retreat to the cave again.

Aside from minor sporadic tactical air raids by United States Navy aircraft, it was not bombed again during the war ; however, from 1938 to 1945 more than 260 caves in more than 20 separate tunnel / cave networks were built throughout the area, with at least 27 kilometers of known tunnels within the grounds of Yokosuka Naval Base.

He is persuaded to use his third wish to trap Jafar and Iago in the lamp again, sending them back to the cave.

In high seas or storms, water would rush into the cave and then explode out again with considerable force.

According to one of the many Greek legends about the Constantinople's fall to the Ottomans, when the Turks entered the city, an angel rescued the emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos, turned him into marble and placed him in a cave under the earth near the Golden Gate, where he waits to be brought to life again to conquer the city back for Christians.

Seated on the giant fly's back Stan takes a psychedelic journey to the cave of Mad John the hermit, who explains that the moon's disappearance is only temporary, and demonstrates by pointing out that Stan has spent so long on his quest that the moon is now full again.

Cassim goes to the cave and enters with the magic words, but in his greed and excitement over the treasures, he forgets the magic words to get back out again.

In an attempt to recover his lost innocence, Carter returns to his childhood home and finds a mysterious silver key, which allows him to enter a cave and magically emerge again in the year 1883 as a child, full of wonder, dreams, and happiness.

Wick descends into the cave and harnesses Annie again, and though a weakened Vaughn thinks he is about to attack him, Wick attaches a harness to him as well, and along with Peter ( with Monique towing the rope ), they manage to pull Annie up with Wick and Vaughn still harnessed underneath.

Then Tajikarao forced the cave to open up the rest and the world was bathed in light once again.

The train comes to a halt again in a large cave inside the mountain where riders see the shadow of the yeti on the wall as he tears up more track.

The train makes a banked turn and speeds back up through another cave in the mountain, in which the roars of the yeti are heard again.

Later on he ' awakens ' the dragons again and polishes the cave in the Rim of Heaven.

Defeating all of the enemies in the cave grants Link a key to the next room which, on entering, causes Link to lose all of his weapons so that he can collect them again in the new cave.