The Kirkhellaren cave is 32 metres high and 20 metres wide, with a boulder in the centre that forms a natural altar and has earned it the nickname "nature's cathedral".Photo: Helge M. Markusson/The Fram Centre
The Kirkhellaren cave is 32 metres high and 20 metres wide, with a boulder in the centre that forms a natural altar and has earned it the nickname "nature's cathedral".Photo: Helge M. Markusson/The Fram Centre
My ancestors may have been conceived at a drunken party in that cave.
They could carve a Buddha on the back wall...
According to the maps, probably not.
Neat!
The excavation site in which the researchers have been working this summer has revealed astonishingly large quantities of bone remains, shells, and burnt wood. This confirms that people have lived here for a long time and that they came here at least 9,000 years ago.Are the ocean's rising or falling? I'm always confused by this, lol.
At the time, the floodplain stood just outside the cave entrance, and many of the islands visible today lay below the surface of the sea. The sea was full of seals and fish, so there was food right outside the cave, which in turn provided shelter. This made it a perfect place for people to set up camp.
