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In Greek mythology, Melissani was the Cave of the Nymphs. It features a lake surrounded with trees and forest, and is located east of the mountains of Evmorfia and Agia Dynati. Tourism is common. The lake's bottom is covered with stones. Plants grow at the opening of the cave. The color of the stone near the opening is stucco to honey-like brown.
Two cultural attractions, the fishing villages of Fiscardo and Assos, and other natural attractions, including Melissani underground lake, Drogarati cave and Myrtos beach, have helped popularize Cephalonia. The film Captain Corelli's Mandolin (film) (2001), filmed on the island, made Cephalonia more widely known.
Cave of the Seven Virgins, Kalymnos Isl, Prefecture of Dodecanese; Cave of Trypas Kefalas – near Kefala, Kalymnos Isl, Prefecture of Dodecanese; Corycian Cave; Dirou Cave complex (water cave) – near Areopoli, Prefecture of Laconia, includes: River cave of Glyfada; Alepotrypa Cave; Drogarati Cave – near Chaliotata, Kefalonia Isl ...
Karavomylos (Greek: Καραβόμυλος) is a fishing village and a community in the municipal unit of Sami, on the island of Cephalonia, Greece.It is situated on the coast, 2km west of Sami, 6km southeast of Agia Effimia and 15km northeast of Argostoli.
The Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza, Mexico. Cenotes are surface connections to subterranean water bodies. [5] While the best-known cenotes are large open-water pools measuring tens of meters in diameter, such as those at Chichen Itza in Mexico, the greatest number of cenotes are smaller sheltered sites and do not necessarily have any surface exposed water.
Inside the Trapeza Cave. Sacred caves and peak sanctuaries are characteristic holy places of ancient Minoan Crete. Most scholars agree that sacred caves were used by the Minoans for religious rites, and some for burial. While all peak sanctuaries have clay human figurines, only Idaeon, Trapeza and Psychro have them among the sacred caves.
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The prehistoric site itself is located in a collapsed cave, nestled in a sandstone bluff overlooking the Krapinica River in Hrvatsko Zagorje. [1] More recently, it was determined that the site was about 120-130 kyr. [2] Researchers determined its date by using ESR and U-series dating. The methods were also used for determining the age of the ...