Where Civilization Began: Greece's Theopetra Cave Reopens After 9 Years

Where Civilization Began: Greece's Theopetra Cave Reopens After 9 Years

Credit: Tolis-3kala /Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0 Theopetra Cave, located in Thessaly, Central Greece, and believed to be the place of the oldest human construction on earth, reopened to the public after 9 years of restoration work. Located in the Meteora limestone rock formations, findings indicate that the cave was inhabited as early as 135,000 years ago. According to archaeologists, evidence of human habitation in the cave can be traced wit…