PICS: Centuries-old carvings found in Viking cave at abandoned home in Ukraine

A conservationist in Ukraine discovered an ancient cave complex with Viking carvings behind an abandoned house.

Dmytro Perov, a conservationist at the Center for Urban Development in Kyiv, grew up hearing stories about an ancient cave somewhere on the estate of his great-great-grandmother and her family, he told Life Pravda in a Nov. 7 interview. Perov knew the location of the three-story manor — now a dilapidated, abandoned house — in central Kyiv.

Perov decided to investigate, he told Live Pravda. He went with a few friends to try and find the cave. After searching for half a day, the group finally found a hole hidden behind a crumbling wall of the abandoned house.

Archeologist Timur Bobrovsky who excavated the caves told Life Pravda that the complex may have been used as a shelter during military turmoil and a dungeon.

My first thought was why this article in American Military News?

this the only connection?

I suppose that war has caused the property to be abandoned, so that the “conservationist” could trespass…

An odd effect of military action, at least.

There is a canyon within the confines of China Lake’s Naval Air Weapons Station - Weapons Division that has dozens and dozens of centuries-old Native ‘tagging’ (what I call it). Many are in some pretty inaccessible places but yet they are there. They go on for several hundred yards. They really are something to see. Not many people do because the canyon is on military property and someone from China Lake has to take you out there to show it.

I’ve never heard of that place and I just looked it up.
It sort of reminds me of the petroglyphs at Ice Box Canyon outside of Las Vegas.

Interesting!

Back when I went there with a Navy contract sponsor I had who worked there, they didn’t have any organized tours and such. We pretty much went through it and had the run of the place. To me it’s just one of those visual memories I have where I didn’t have a camera and stuff.....

That’s pretty amazing. I’d love to be able to scour that site.

I would imagine that you are privy to some things that only a handful of people have ever seen, that’s fascinating.

A shame you didn’t get pictures.

The Digest is a bit early, due to weekend plans.

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Searchers find five World War II-era US bombers in waters off Croatia [11/23/2022]
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Scientists unearth 70,000 year old flatbread unlocking secrets to historical diets [11/22/2022]
Historic stupa at Chandavaram fascinates Indologists [11/20/2022]
Ancient fish teeth reveal earliest sign of cooking [11/20/2022]
New Discoveries At The Temple Of Demeter In Crete [11/20/2022]
2,500-year-old Etruscan temple discovered in Vulci, Italy [11/20/2022]
Ancient Egyptians may have used branding irons on human slaves [11/20/2022]
Oldest Text Written In The Basque Language Found On The Hand Of Irulegi [11/20/2022]
New Research Project Studies Ancient Feline Migration Into Europe [11/20/2022]
Archaeologists Unearth Soldiers Killed In Battle Of Camden [11/20/2022]
8 billion people: How different the world would look if Neanderthals had prevailed [11/20/2022]
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Lured into bread: Women in the medieval period would knead DOUGH on their body before baking it and serving it to their husbands in the hope it would improve their sex lives, historian reveals [04/22/2020]
A 'Christmas Star' Will Arrive on December 21: Jupiter and Saturn Will Align to Create a Phenomenon Not Seen Since the Middle Ages [12/08/2020]
Don't Miss It: Jupiter, Saturn Will Look Like Double Planet for First Time Since Middle Ages [11/22/2020]
Finnish bakery Sells 'World's First Insect Bread' Made From Crickets [11/24/2017]
The reason people were afraid of cats during the Middle Ages(tr) [10/16/2016]
Review BBC's 'Last Kingdom' brings complexity and personality to the Middle Ages [10/10/2015]
Yes, they ate Locust. A Review of Some the Common Foods at the Time of Jesus [07/17/2014]
Evidence Found for Undiscovered Comet That May Threaten Earth [07/28/2011]
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mission creep from the original purpose of the magazine?

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