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Franchthi Cave was used for around 35,000 years, and is one of the thoroughly studied sites in southeast Europe
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Last occupied around 3,000 BC (or, final neolithic), a major archaeological site overlooking Kiladha Bay, in the Argolic Gulf existsOpposite the village of Kiladha, is in southeastern Argolis, Greece. Humans first occupied the cave during the paleolithic era. Appearing around 38,000…
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Theopetra Cave has the oldest example of a man made structure dated to around 21000bc
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Located in the Meteora municipality, in Greece. Theopetra Cave is a limestone cave located in Thessaly It is situated on the northeast side of a limestone rock formation that is 3 km (2 mi) south of KalambakaThe site has become increasingly…
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Cyclops Cave (Yioura)
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Also called the Cave of the Cyclops, off the coast of Thessaly in Greece, is the location of a uninhabited islet of Youra, in the Northern SporadesIt was also a archaeological site, that has evidence of human occupation through the mesolithic…
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In classical Greece, Lerna (Greek: Λέρνα or Λέρνη) was a region of springs, a former lake; and, mythical legends
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Near the east coast of the Peloponnesus, south of Argos, Lerna was a 10,000 year old neolithic communityGeographically located on a narrow point between mountains and the sea. In an important location, along an ancient route from the Argolid to the…
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In Athens, caves have been dated to between the 11th and 7th millennia BC (1), or the neolithic period
The areas fertile plains, access to water, and a mild climate, made it ideal for early agriculture and herdingIts believed Athens has been more inhabited more than 5000 years (2) They had stone tools (flint and obsidian); simple pottery; wattle-and-daub houses; animal bones suggesting domesticated livestock; grain and seed remains, indicating agricultureEvidence shows a transition…
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With Kamvounia mountain dominating the landscape. Neolithic Servia was Greek: Σέρβια
Locate in northern Greece (near the Haliakmon river and Lake Polyphytos, modern western Macedonia)In the Kozani regional unit, west Macedonia. One of the more historical places in the region exists. Its name, or etmology is derived from latin verb servo, meaning to watch over; and its ancient name Phylacae came from Greek verb phylasso to…
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The Alepotrypa cave was active as a settlement and burial site from the neolithic period. Before a cataclysmic earthquake sealed its entrance in 3200 BC
Alepotrypa Cave is Αλεπότρυπα in Greek. Literally meaning ‘The Fox’s Hole’ It is a Karstic, or cast cave and lake, located in the Southern Peloponnese region of GreeceThere were a number of chambers and regions. The system stretches 300 m east-to-west, with six main halls that end in an underground lake. Most of the chambers…