Bellissima

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Our Vilage Nea. Plagia in Chalkidiki Greece
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1) Description
Petralona Cave is a major tourist attraction of the Halkidiki peninsula south of Thessaloniki. And it is a famous bone cave, especially for human and huminide remains. Here the first human remains of Greece were discovered, and the number and continuity of remains is extraordinary.
The cave was discovered by the goat shepherd Filippos Chantzaridis from Petralona, who heard the sound of water from a hole in the rocks. It took some time to persuade some men from the town, but in 1959 some men went to this place and dug a seven meter deep hole in the search of water. What they found was the cave.

The first research of 1959 was made by the big old man of Greek speleology, Ioannis Petrocheilos. He found numerous bones of animals, many of them covered with cave coral.

Image: this reconstruction of the location of Petralona man, which is called Archantropus' Mausoleum, is the center of the museum.
Image: Reconstruction of the Petralona man, by Dr. Aris N. Poulianos.
One year later a human skull was discovered, hanging at the wall about 30cm above ground, where it was held by sinter. The skull of an Archanthropus, a transitional type between Homo erectus and Homo sapiens, was a scientific sensation. It was the first discovery of an Archanthropus in Greece and showed, that this cave was inhabited 600,000 years ago.
The major excavations were made by the anthropologist Dr. Aris N. Poulianos, who spent many years in the caves. He published many articles in various periodicals, especially in Anthropos, the Greek Anthropology Magazine. He wrote a book, which is available in Greek, English and German. His theories always were an affront to the established paleontology, so he had various problems, but many of his theories seem to be accepted now. However, the controversy, especially on the topic dating, is easy to discover in the little literature list above.
The finds, including bones of hyenas, lions, deer and other animals, are presented to the visitors in the nearby museum. Numerous bones, skulls and stone tools made of flint, bauxite and quartz. Many bones are encrusted with cave coral, some are part of a bone breccia. All exhibits are explained in Greek and English. This museum is really worth a visit!

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Location: Nea Plagia in Greece