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Apidima Cave

a Pleiades place resource

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Apidima Cave is located on the western shore of the Mani Peninsula in southern Greece. Archaeological excavation in the cave system has produced remains of both Neandertals and Homo sapiens dating to the Paleolithic. Cranial evidence from the cave suggests the presence of the earliest Homo sapiens known outside of Africa.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/792912222

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.6625937, 22.3624363

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- OSM location of Apidima Cave (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Σπήλαιο Απήδημα (Spilaio Apidima: Modern Greek, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

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Place type:
cave, archaeological site

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Wikidata Apidima Cave (Q15067212)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Apidima Cave: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/792912222> [accessed: 20 May 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/792912222 |title=Places: 792912222 (Apidima Cave) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=May 20, 2026 5:47 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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