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But the first human traces may date back 70,000 years, when a number of Homo Sapiens or even Neanderthal Homo settlements were established.<\/p>\n

At this time, the cities of classical Greece were still far from being born, when iron was still unknown and bronze was the great technological innovation.<\/p>\n

The origin of Pantalica is rooted in the time of the heroes Homer tells us about in the Iliad and the Odyssey, when it was the Mycenaean people of the legendary Agamemnon who sailed the seas in search of new trading posts.<\/p>\n

As we visit the site,<\/a> we are captivated by the spectacular necropolis<\/strong>, consisting of some 5,000 cave tombs carved into the natural rock, and the Anaktoron<\/em><\/strong> (Prince’s Palace), located on top of the hill, which recalls the grandeur of Mycenaean palaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":36977,"template":"","categories":[1933],"luogo":[1866],"stagione":[1877,1875],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Cave Necropolis of Pantalica | Visit Sicily pagina ufficiale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Cave Necropolis of Pantalica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Cave Necropolis of Pantalica | Visit Sicily pagina ufficiale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Cave Necropolis of Pantalica\" 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