cave dweller, or troglodyte, is a human who inhabits a cave or the area beneath the overhanging rocks of a cliff. Some prehistoric humans were cave dwellers...
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The Cave Dwellers is a dramatic stage play written by American playwright William Saroyan. The play premiered on Broadway at the Bijou Theatre in 1957...
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Elder Arsenios the Cave Dweller (Greek: Γέρων Αρσένιος ο Σπηλαιώτης; Samsun, 1886 – Mount Athos, 1983) was a Greek Orthodox monk and elder. He was the...
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troglodyte in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A troglodyte is a human cave dweller, from the Greek trogle 'hole, mouse-hole' and dyein 'go in, dive in'...
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Speleology (redirect from Cave science)
(from Ancient Greek σπήλαιον (spḗlaion) 'cave', and -λογία (-logía) 'study of') is the scientific study of caves and other karst features, as well as their...
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pity [the other prisoners]" and would want to bring his fellow cave dwellers out of the cave and into the sunlight (516c). The returning prisoner, whose...
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Caveman (disambiguation) (redirect from Cave man)
early humans or hominids looked and behaved. A cave dweller is a real human being who lives in a cave or under a cliff. Caveman and/or cavemen may also...
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Transfiguration. There, he met Arsenios (also known as Arsenios the Cave Dweller; b. 1886, d. 1983), a monk at Stavronikita Monastery who would later...
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Speleothem (redirect from Cave formations)
(spḗlaion) 'cave', and θέμα (théma) 'deposit') is a geological formation by mineral deposits that accumulate over time in natural caves. Speleothems...
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development. Bluff Dweller's Cave (1927) - McDonald County Bridal Cave (1948) - Camden County Crevice Cave - Perry County Crystal Cave (1893) Current River...
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started to decline by the 1950s. The Cave Dwellers, a novel by Christina McDowell, is a fictional portrayal of cave dweller life in the early 21st century....
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List of caves List of deepest mines List of longest caves List of sinkholes Show cave Speleology World's Deepest Caves World's Longest Caves Lyubimov...
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longest cave by country List of deepest caves Show cave Speleology World's Deepest Caves World's Longest Caves "List of Long Underwater Caves in Quintana...
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archaeology, cave paintings are a type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves. The...
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Yaodong (redirect from Chinese cave house)
Autonomous Region of Ningxia. In the Qingyang region, the ratio of cave dwellers to non-cave dwellers is the highest found anywhere in China. More elaborate yaodongs...
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exploring wild cave systems (as distinguished from show caves). In contrast, speleology is the scientific study of caves and the cave environment. The...
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Flowstone (redirect from Cave drapery)
water flows down the walls or along the floors of a cave. They are typically found in "solution caves", in limestone, where they are the most common speleothem...
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hochenwartii, found in the Postojna cave system in Slovenia, was the first animal to be recognized as a true cave dweller. The cave insects found in the Atlas...
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An ice cave is any type of natural cave (most commonly lava tubes or limestone caves) that contains significant amounts of perennial (year-round) ice...
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A cave or cavern is a natural void in the ground, specifically a space large enough for a human to enter. Caves often form by the weathering of rock and...
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Cave dwelling Jews, also cave Jews or troglodyte Jews (from the French phrase Juifs troglodytes), were Jewish communities that dwelled in man-made caves...
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The giant huntsman spider is found in Laos, and is believed to be a cave dweller because of its pale colour, long legs and special hairs on the second...
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egg sac and care for the young. The Kauaʻi cave wolf spider is an obligate cave-dweller. It lives in large cave passages, small mesocaverns, and cracks that...
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A sea cave, also known as a littoral cave, is a type of cave formed primarily by the wave action of the sea. The primary process involved is erosion. Sea...
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a member of') is a type of rock formation that rises from the floor of a cave due to the accumulation of material deposited on the floor from ceiling drippings...
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The following is a list of the longest caves in the United States per length (> 50 km) of documented passageways. Many passageways are still being discovered;...
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Bungonia Caves Careys Cave Church Creek Caves Colong Caves Finchs Caves Jenolan Caves (List of caves within the Jenolan Caves karst) St Michaels Cave (Avalon...
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Sauta Cave Shelta Cave On Your Knees Cave Trail Creek Caves Antelope Cave Bat Cave mine Cave of the Bells Colossal Cave Coronado Cave Grand Canyon Caverns...
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A show cave—also called tourist cave, public cave, and, in the United States, commercial cave—is a cave which has been made accessible to the public for...
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