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Submitted by mfrincu on Monday, 01 August 2016  Page Views: 1976

Rock ArtSite Name: Fundul Pesterii Cave
Country: Romania
NOTE: This site is 77.873 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Patarlagele  Nearest Village: Alunis
Latitude: 45.423354N  Longitude: 26.439307E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Fundul Pesterii Cave
Fundul Pesterii Cave submitted by mfrincu : Geometric incisions at the Fundul Pesterii Cave. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in Romania

The cave is home to numerous petroglyphs depicting spears, swords, bows and arrows, hands. Carbon dating has set the initial carvings at around 4000 BC. Around 137 incisions can be found there. Depending on the shape of the sword researchers were able to identify several historical periods. Entrance to the cave is now forbidden but you can view some of the figures from outside or with a telephoto lens.

Access to the cave can be made from Alunis with a specialized guide which can take you to a 14km day trip to visit cave dwellings and ancient (and later Christian) rock dwellings (dug in the soft hone rock).

The cave is located near a menhir which is inscribed with unknown markings and at the edge of a natural amphitheater where historians believe an ancient gathering ritual was performed as the area is on the path of routes coming from Asia and into the Balkans.

It is also believed that the cave was used by young men during fertility rituals. This may be backed by the shape of the cave and the fact it is illuminated during the summer solstice around noon.
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Fundul Pesterii Cave
Fundul Pesterii Cave submitted by mfrincu : Different spears and swords depicted on the Fundul Pesterii Cave. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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 42m E 85° Menhir near Fundul Pesterii* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 1.1km NE 53° Turtudui menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 112.8km S 187° Cernica Neolithic Tombs* Barrow Cemetery
 113.5km SSW 194° National Museum of Romanian History Museum
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 190.8km SE 141° Adamclisi Museum of Antiquities* Museum
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 205.1km ESE 117° Istria burial site* Barrow Cemetery
 205.9km SSW 212° Crangu Artifical Mounds* Artificial Mound
 207.6km ESE 117° Histria Museum of History* Museum
 207.9km ESE 117° Histria* Ancient Village or Settlement
 209.2km ESE 116° Fertility menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir)
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