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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
David Keys

The mysterious Spanish ‘Women’s Cave’ used for 24,000 years for sacred rituals

Archaeologists are investigating a mysterious and remote Spanish cave - an extraordinary site which is now fast emerging as one of the most culturally significant places on earth.

Intermittently and repeatedly, the cave - which has its own subterranean lake (almost certainly regarded as sacred in ancient times) - has been ritually or religiously important for at least 24,000 years, thus making it one of the longest-used sacred sites in the world.

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