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Dinaledi Chamber, Rising Star Cave
Schematic cross-section through a portion of the Rising Star cave system showing the Dinaledi Chamber, where fossils of Homo naledi were first discovered in 2013 CE.

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Kiz Kapan Cave, Iraqi Kurdistan
The cave lies to the west of the city of Sulaimaniya, near the modern village Chemi Rezan. Kiz Kapan is Turkish term which means "the girl's abductor." The term is a modern one and bears no relationship with the cave's history. The cave dates...

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Mahabalipuram
Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram is a historic city and UNESCO World Heritage site in Tamil Nadu, India. During the reign of the Pallava dynasty, between the 3rd century CE and 7th century CE, it became an important centre of art, architecture...

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Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) are a collection of scrolls found in the desert east of Jerusalem on the shore of the Dead Sea. They represent the largest manuscript collections of texts from the Second Temple Period found in the area of Judah...

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The Lion Panel of Chauvet Cave, France
The Lion Panel is located in the lowest level of Chauvet Cave. Theses paleolithic paintings are among the best preserved and most spectacular of the ancient world. Dates for the Chauvet paintings hover around 36,000 years BP. See annotations...

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Wall Carving, Ajanta Cave Complex
Wall carving in one of the inner caves of the Ajanta cave complex, an ancient Buddhist monastery and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Aurangabad District of Maharashtra, India. Originally built in approximately the 2nd century...

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Soreq Cave
Soreq Cave, Israel
The stalactites and other cave formations help paleoclimate research for the northern Levant.

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Buddha, Ajanta Cave No. 10
Buddha mural, Cave 10 from Ajanta, India. The rock-cut Buddhist cave shrines of Ajanta date from the 2nd century BCE to the 6th century CE.

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Dictean Cave, Crete
Dictean Cave, central Crete. Said to be the cave where Zeus was hidden as a baby.

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The Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan, Iraqi Kurdistan: Median or Achaemenid?
O Creator of the material world, at what distance from the holy man (should the place for the dead body be)?" Ahura Mazda replied: "Three paces from the holy man". (Vend. 8. 6-7) In September 2009 CE, one of my relatives suggested that we...