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Kamyana Mohyla — by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Nov 03, 2023 01:48 PM

A stone barrow site near the Molochna River comprising over 50 grottoes and caves, many containing petroglyphs dating from the Mesolithic age through the second millennium BCE, with additional graffiti dated as late as the twelfth century CE.

Ketef Hinnom — by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Feb 25, 2021 07:04 AM

Cave tomb complex located southwest of Jerusalem containing burials dated to the 6th century BCE.

Khanpur Cave — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jul 31, 2024 12:04 PM

Khanpur Cave in Pakistan is included as part of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Taxila.

Korykion Antron (Kilikia) — by Rosemary Selth — last modified Feb 08, 2024 05:12 PM

A large karstic grotto and cave, known today as Cennet ve Cehennem, which is located about 7km from Corycus in Cilicia. It was described by Mela, Apollodorus, and Strabo and was associated with the Titan Python in Greek mythology. It is not to be confused with the well-known Corycian Cave on mount Parnassos in Greece.

Korykion Antron (Parnassos) — by J. Fossey — last modified Nov 22, 2024 05:01 PM

A sacred cave on mount Parnassos named for Apollo's daughter Corycia. It is not to be confused with another cave of the same name at Corycus in Cilicia.

Kranaion Antron — by J. Bennet — last modified Nov 07, 2024 09:32 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 60 C2 Kranaion Antron

Lascaux Cave — by Zachary Rosalinsky — last modified Jul 26, 2022 01:42 PM

Cave network near Montignac, France with over 600 Upper Paleolithic wall paintings.

Lera — by J. Bennet — last modified Dec 15, 2022 09:32 PM

An ancient cave sanctuary on the Akrotiri peninsula of Crete.

Lupercal — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jul 04, 2024 10:56 PM

A cave located at the foot of the Palatine Hill in Rome in which the she-wolf was said to have been found suckling the twins, Romulus and Remus.

Marisa — by B. Isaac — last modified Jan 08, 2021 10:13 AM

A Judean, Edomite, and later Hellenistic settlement. Destroyed ca. 40 BCE by the Parthians.

Maroneia Cave — by Tom Elliott — last modified Jul 06, 2023 08:23 PM

A cave located on mount Ismaros near the ancient settlement of Maroneia in Aegean Thrace. The cave was in human use from the late Neolithic period until the abandonment of the fortified settlement in the 13th century CE. The cave is known locally as "The Cave of Polyphemos" or "The Cave of the Cyclops".

Mogao Caves — by Yifei Wu — last modified May 25, 2023 12:00 PM

Buddhist cave monastery complex in the cliffs above the Dachuan River near the Dunhaung Oasis, constructed in 366 CE and in use until the 14th Century CE. The caves contain thousands of murals and painted sculptures, and thousands of manuscripts in Chinese, Tibetan, Uyghur, Sogdian, Sanskrit, and Khotanese were stored in the so-called "Library Cave." The Mogao Caves were added to UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1987.

Mugharet Abu Halimeh — by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Jun 14, 2019 02:35 PM

Cave tomb near the modern village of Silat aḑ-Ḑahr containing burials from the Roman and Byzantine periods (1st-early 7th century CE). The cave is named after the Abu Halimeh family, which owned the land on which the cave is located at the time of its excavation in 1949.

Nahal Hemar Cave — by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Dec 17, 2018 02:34 PM

Cave site located on the banks of Nahal Hemar in the southern Judean Desert. The site contains traces of habitation dated to the pre-pottery Neolithic (ca. 6900-6300 BCE).

Nahal Oren — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jan 28, 2025 10:17 AM

A cave site on Mount Carmel where archaeological evidence for Upper Paleolithic, Natufian (Epipaleolithic), and Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and B industries has been discovered.

Nahal Qanah cave — by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Mar 01, 2023 05:27 PM

Cave in western Samaria containing archaeological traces from the Pottery Neolithic period (Yarmukian culture), the Chalcolithic Period, and the Early Bronze Age.

Pan, Cave of — by J.S. Traill — last modified Dec 19, 2022 07:34 AM

The Phyle Cave located on Mount Parnes near Fyli (Phyle), Greece, is a small cave that served in antiquity as a shrine sacred to the god Pan. It is one of five such cave sanctuaries dedicated to Pan known in ancient Attica.

Panagia Arkoudiotissa — by J. Bennet — last modified Nov 15, 2021 11:00 AM

The Arkoudiotissa Cave on Crete has been the site of ritual activity since antiquity. The cave's cultic association stems from a rock formation that looks like a bear (Arkoudiotissa ("she-bear")).

Pertosa — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Aug 17, 2015 09:55 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 45 B3 Pertosa

San Antonino di Perti — by Stefano Costa — last modified Jul 09, 2022 09:44 PM

An Early Byzantine fortification in the Liguria Maritima.

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