Alepotrypa Cave
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The Alepotrypa Cave is a Neolithic-period archaeological site on the Mani Peninsula of the Peloponnese in southern Greece. Used for burial and cult purposes, it is one of the largest burial sites ever
Distinctive stalagmites and stalactites of the Diros caves
The Temple of Poseidon at Tainaron was an Ancient Greek temple and sanctuary of the god Poseidon. It was situated at the tip of the Mani Peninsula, on the Peloponnese in southern Greece. It was dedica
Alepotrypa Cave
…cave's entrance. Greek mythological tradition says there was an entrance to the underworld domain of Hades, god of the dead, at the nearby site of the Temple of Poseidon at Tainaron, on what is today called Cape Matapan. Archaeologists have speculated that a later-period Mycenaean ossuary dating from 1300 BC may have been carried…
Sign at the archaeological site of Tainaron (modern Cape Matapan)