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Theopetra Cave — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Nov 15, 2021 10:59 AM

Located in Thessaly, the Theopetra Cave is an important archaeological site with evidence of multi-phase prehistoric human occupation. Radiocarbon dates indicate human activity beginning at least 50,000 years ago. Archaeogenetics have focused on evidence related to Mesolithic inhabitants of the cave site.

Tigris Tunnel Inscriptions — by Jamie Novotny — last modified Jan 19, 2021 12:16 AM

The so-called Tigris Tunnel is a cave ca. fifty miles north of Diyarbakır, Turkey and it forms a source of the Tigris River. In its vicinity there are several Assyrian monuments, including five inscriptions.

Tiscali — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Dec 17, 2023 10:24 PM

A cave settlement on Monte Tiscali with the remains of over 60 huts.

Trophonius oracle (Boeotia) — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified May 16, 2022 11:55 AM

An oracular cave sanctuary at Lebadeia (modern Greece). Pausanias reports seeing a cult image here that was made by Praxiteles.

Udayagiri Caves — by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Mar 22, 2024 03:02 PM

Complex of 20 cave temples in Madhya Pradesh dedicated to the gods Vishnu and Shiva, constructed from the 3rd-5th centuries CE.

Uria — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Aug 25, 2023 01:30 PM

An ancient city of the Messapii.

Varaha Cave — by Emmanuel Francis — last modified Oct 22, 2021 04:37 PM

The modern name of a seventh-century Pallava cave temple in Mahābalipuram.

Vardzia — by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Apr 25, 2023 09:10 PM

Cave monastery complex in southern Georgia constructed from 1184-1186.

Wadi Murabba'at — by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Dec 25, 2022 10:40 AM

The Wadi Murabba'at, known also as Nahal Darga, is a ravine in the Judean desert east of Bethlehem. Four cave sites were identified and excavated there in 1952. A fifth cave was identified in 1968.

Zar Trypa Cave Sanctuary — by Tom Elliott — last modified Nov 15, 2023 07:41 PM

A cave sanctuary, dedicated to the Nymphs, located on the east side of Mount Ossa's western "Psila Dendra" ridge north of the modern village of Spilia. Epigraphic and other evidence indicates the sanctuary was active from the Classical through Roman periods.

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