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 is noted for the Witch of Wookey Hole – a roughly human shaped rock outcrop, reputedly turned to stone by a monk from Glastonbury.

He was inspired by the ' vel '- shaped entrance of the main cave and was inspired to dedicate a temple to Lord Muruga within the caves.

On the northern aspect of this rock, near the riverbank, is a naturally occurring, irregularly shaped shallow cave or grotto, in which the apparitions of 1858 took place.

Cromagnon cave paintings on the Indo China coast show junk shaped doublehull vessels.

The Main Installation is a three-storey, figure-eight shaped building inside a 430 foot long ( 131 meter ), 230 foot wide ( 70. 1 meter ), 5. 4 storey ( 54 feet, 16. 5 meter ) high cave.

Dragon-head shaped column bases dating from the Northern Wei flank the cave entrance.

Murat later finds this sword, shaped like a lightning bolt, in a cave defended by two golden ninjas.

On the northern aspect of this rock, near the river bank, is a naturally occurring, irregularly shaped shallow cave or grotto, in which the apparitions took place.

The Malta dei Papi, a former prison for ecclesiastics found guilty of heresy, was shaped from a small cave with a trapdoor placed at a height of.

The same forces that shaped the township's terrain also created Zane Shawnee Caverns, a cave system in the northeastern part of the township.

In front of the cave is a circular Nandi mandapa, its umbrella shaped canopy supported by massive square pillars.

The middle of the cave shaped island is planted to coconuts.

A cave in the area was known as ' The Bonnet ' because it was shaped like a bonnet and this was adopted for the name of the bay on the Georges River.

The Homeric Hymn to Pythian Apollo makes the monster Typhaon the offspring of archaic Hera in her Minoan form, produced out of herself, like a monstrous version of Hephaestus, and whelped in a cave in Cilicia.

He designed the main hall to seem like subterranean cave with 1, 200 coal bags suspended from the ceiling over a coal brazier with a single light bulb which provided the only lighting, so patrons were given flashlights with which to view the art.

He says capturing the moment was when he realized that there was " an entire life behind things "; he feels that " sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it ... and my heart is going to cave in.

Tippu Sultan was the first to extend his border by constructing a hideout cave like structure.

* Small octopuses sometimes use an empty shell as a sort of cave to hide in, or hold seashells around themselves as a form of protection like a temporary fortress.

In the alternative account of the origin of Typhon ( Typhoeus ), the Homeric Hymn to Apollo makes the monster Typhaon at Delphi a son of archaic Hera in her Minoan form, produced out of herself, like a monstrous version of Hephaestus or Mars, and whelped in a cave in Cilicia and confined there in the enigmatic Arima, or land of the Arimoi, en Arimois ( Iliad, ii.

He then explains how the philosopher is like a prisoner who is freed from the cave and comes to understand that the shadows on the wall do not make up reality at all, as he can perceive the true form of reality rather than the mere shadows seen by the prisoners.

Desperately, Kino leaves the nearby cave, crawling on such a steep like mountain getting ready to attack, but the men hear the cry almost like a baby but more like a coyote chicken with a litter.

") The ingredients of the brew are both mysterious and all-encompassing, ( much like the contents of their cave, which has been known to harbor prehistoric monsters.

* Ole Man Mose: The mysterious Mose was reportedly hundreds of " y ' ars " old, and lived like a hermit in a cave atop a mountain.

At the conclusion of this volume, Merlin is imprisoned in a crystal cave, just like his namesake from Arthurian legend.

The cave is once again seen in Batman Returns, and Bruce gains access to it via a tube / elevator like passage from Wayne Manor, the entrance to which is hidden in an iron maiden, and is activated by flipping a small switch hidden on a small replica of Wayne Manor in the bottom of a fish tank.

The worlds first cave rescue team, the C. R. O was founded in 1935 in Yorkshire and like all UK cave rescue groups is composed of volunteer cavers and funded entirely by donations.

The main cave blends Chalukyan architectural features such as massive figures of the divinities, guardians, and square pillars with custom capitals with Gupta artistic characteristics, like the depiction of mountains and clouds and female hairstyles.

* Flowstone is sheet like and found on cave floors and walls

They have hard grey skin, are resistant to arrow fire, and carry a large quiver of wood logs ( to use as firewood and projectiles ), as well as a mace like a cave troll.

Given time, these deposits form much like how a stalactite takes shape in a cave, except in this case on a flat surface.

As Freud was focusing upon the biologic drives of the individual ( a fact that alienated him from several colleagues of his like Breuer, Jung and Adler ), he stated that when we observe a hollow object in our dreams, like a box or a cave, this is a symbol of a womb, while an elongated object is a symbol for penis.

He rapidly determines that the dwarfs ' system of guard on it is nothing like as secure as the dwarfs think it is and that the Scone could have been stolen in a number of different ways without too much difficulty, but nevertheless later concludes that it was not in fact stolen, but destroyed in situ and its remains concealed by mixing them with the sand on the floor of the cave.

The natural " cave " walls are preserved by the many layers of paint used to make them ' look like rock.