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Rock ArtSite Name: Priest's CaveCountry: Romania
NOTE: This site is 59.511 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Targu Jiu Nearest Village: Runcu
Latitude: 45.116667N Longitude: 23.133333E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The cave, located at the entry of the Sohodol Gorges contains several pictographs depicting anthropomorphic figures. The paintings were discovered in the late 80s by a small team of archaeologists. Two are perfectly preserved with others' clearly eroded by time. According to researchers the figures may depict solar deities.
The entry to the small cave is located on the left hand side of the gorges and requires a bit of a climb on a a barely visible trail and steep terrain. Modern graffiti is visible. The pictographs are covered in calcite making them a little bit difficult to be seen.
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