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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.

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.

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")).

Sanctuary of Poseidon at Tainaron — by Tom Elliott — last modified Jan 20, 2022 09:27 PM

A famous ancient sanctuary of Poseidon located at the southern end of the modern Mani peninsula of the Peloponnese. Literary and archaeological evidence indicate that the sanctuary featured a temple, a cave treated as a mouth of the underworld, and other structural and monumental components. It seems to have served as a sanctuary site for suppliants and a context for the formal manumission of enslaved persons.

Shamshir Ghar — by Zachary Rosalinsky — last modified Aug 10, 2022 02:23 PM

Cave in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, 3.5 miles NNE of Panjwai town, with archaeological remains from the Kushan period (100 BCE to 300 CE), Kushano-Sassanian (transition) period (300 to 700 CE), and the Early Islamic period (700 to 1222 CE).

Skotino cave — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified May 04, 2021 07:53 PM

A cave sacred to the Minoan peoples of Crete that continued to be used by Greeks, and later, Romans. Arthur Evans carried out the initial archaeological exploration of the cave.

Spelaion — by W.M. Murray — last modified Feb 03, 2019 09:23 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 54 C4 Spelaion

Speluncae — by N. Purcell — last modified Jan 14, 2024 10:54 PM

An ancient grotto, associated with the nearby Villa Tiberii, at the modern Italian town of Sperlonga.

Tallaion Antron — by J. Bennet — last modified Apr 06, 2020 09:39 PM

The Melidoni Cave - Gerontospilios.

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.

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.