Friday 30 April 2010

subterranean travel and places,cornwall,england,uk

Guide to the Mines of West CornwallFood Storage: Fogou, Refrigerator, Basement, Frozen Food, Solar Powered Refrigerator, Pantry, Bear-Resistant Food Storage Container
Carn Evny, Iron Age Village and Fogou and Other Nearby Ancient Sites
Fogou;underground structure in penwith peninsula

Geevor tin mine

south croft mine,near camborne
A tin and copper mine,recently gold has been discovered.
Zinc is also being looked for.

subterranean travel and places,worcestershire,england,uk


Vale's rock,north east of kingsford
cave dwelling,lived in until 1960s

Tuesday 27 April 2010

san luis potosi state,mexico

cave of swallows
over 1,000 feet drop,largest cave shaft in world.
swifts and parakeets live inside.

guerrero state,mexico

The Olmec Paintings of Oxtotitlan Cave, Guerrero, Mexico
Studies in Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology Number Six: The Olmec Paintings of Oxtotitlan Cave, Guerrero, Mexico
Juxtlahuaca cave
contains olmec-style murals and some burials

oxtotitlan cave
olmec-style murals

chihuahua state,mexico

Search Amazon.com for The Apex mine: San Carlos Chihuahua, Mexico.(Famous Mineral Localities:): An article from: The Mineralogical Record

REPORT ON ARCHAEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN CHIHUAHUA. Appendix: Cave-Dweller Twill-Plaited Basketry. III. Contributions of the University of Denver: Center of Latin American Studies, I.


Naica mine
lead,silver and zinc is mined here
attacted to the mine is a cave with giant gypsum crystals(Selenite),largest are more than 8 metres long.
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Sunday 18 April 2010

Monday 12 April 2010

subterranean travel and places,peloponnese periphery,greece

Marine Molluscan Remains from Franchthi Cave (Fascicle 4)Franchthi Neolithic Pottery, Volume 2: The Later Neolithic Ceramic Phases 3 to 5, Fascicle 10 (Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece)
Dersios sinkhole,located on mount parnon is almost 600 feet deep

Franchthi cave
first occupied in the palaeolithic age about 20,000 years ago

subterranean travel and places,central greece periphery,greece

Mount Parnassos/Mount
 Corcyian cave,mount parnassos
in legend  the corcyian nymphs have some connection with this place.

subterranean travel and places,south aegean periphery,greece

Antiparos
has a stalactite cave,bit dangerous

Blue cave,kastelrizo
canbe reached only by boat
sunlight is relected by sea,like the blue grotto in capri,italy

milos has some large caves,some only accessible by sea

subterranean travel and places,gwynedd,wales/cymru,uk

Llechi =: Slate
Slate Quarry Railways of Gwynedd
Dinorwic quarry

llechwedd slate caverns
entry fee;from £2

Sunday 11 April 2010

subterranean travel and places,cumbria,england,uk

Carrock and the Mines of Skiddaw and Blencathra
Honiston slate mine
free entry
underground tours;£9.75

subterranean travel and places,nevsehir province,turkey

argos in cappodocia,uchisar
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Avanos
potters in cave workshops,one,www.gurayseramik.com.tr produces pottery in hittite,ottoman etc style

cappodocia cave resort and spa
from £240 per night,b/b
goreme valley
has churches and houses carved out of tufa rock
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gamirasu cave hotel

katpatuka cave hotel
from 60 euros
has views of goreme

kaymakli has subterranean features ating from roman times
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ortahisar
underground artisan workshops
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Serrin cave house
from 120 euros/£113 per night

the museum hotel,uchisar
from £128 per night,b/b
Traveller's cave,goreme
cave hotel
doubles from £30

turasan winery,urgup
wine produced inside a hill.
http://www.turasan.com.tr/