• William Cave (30 December 1637 – 4 August 1713) was an English divine and patristic scholar. Cave was born at Pickwell, Leicestershire, of which parish...
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    Plato's allegory of the cave is an allegory presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work Republic (514a–520a, Book VII) to compare "the effect...
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  • Floyd Collins (redirect from Sand Cave)
    William Floyd Collins (July 20, 1887 – c. February 13, 1925) was an American cave explorer, principally in a region of Kentucky that houses hundreds of...
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  • William C. "Bill" Stone (born December 7, 1952) is an American engineer, caver and explorer, known for exploring deep caves, sometimes with autonomous...
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    The Ajanta Caves are 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments dating from the second century BCE to about 480 CE in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state...
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    Cave National Park is a national park of the United States in south-central Kentucky. It encompasses portions of Mammoth Cave, the longest known cave...
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  • H.J. Cave & Sons is a London-based fashion house specialising in luxury leather accessories. Founded in 1839 by Harriet Jane Cave. H.J. Cave is believed...
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    acquainted in Kentucky. He suspected but could never prove a relation to William Cave Johnson of Boone County, Kentucky. He was studying at Cumberland College...
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  • Henry William Cave M.A., F.R.G.S., M.R.A.S. (23 February 1854 - 28 October 1913) was a British author, photographer, publisher and amateur archaeologist...
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    earliest computer-drawn maps of caves. In 1975, after he and Patricia divorced, William Crowther stopped caving with the Cave Research Foundation. Driven...
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  • Ellora Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut Hindu temple cave complexes...
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    Richard William Stanton, MBE, GM (born 1961) is a British civilian cave diver who specialises in rescues through the Cave Rescue Organisation and the...
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  • Cave is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: Alexander Cave FRCS FLS (1900–2001), British anatomist Andy Cave...
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    tetra (Astyanax mexicanus), also known as the blind cave fish, blind cave characin or the blind cave tetra, is a freshwater fish in the Characidae family...
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    archaeology, cave paintings are a type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves. The...
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    William Crowther (born 1936) is an American computer programmer, caver, and rock climber. He is the co-creator of Colossal Cave Adventure from 1975 onward...
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    Sabbath and killed on "the Great Sabbath". English patristic scholar William Cave (1637–1713) believed that this was evidence that the Smyrnaeans under...
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    straight-tusked elephants, the narrow-nosed rhinoceros, and cave hyenas. William Buckland analyzed the cave and its contents in December 1821 and determined that...
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    takes its name from William Wallace who participated in the Battle of Roslin, which took place nearby on 24 February 1303. The cave was formed under water...
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    The Cave of Altamira (/ˌæltəˈmɪərə/ AL-tə-MEER-ə; Spanish: Cueva de Altamira [ˈkweβa ðe altaˈmiɾa]) is a cave complex, located near the historic town...
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    Cave digging is the practice of enlarging openings of undiscovered caves to allow entry. Cave digging usually begins with a survey of mountains and valleys...
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    Cave hyena (Crocuta (crocuta) spelaea and Crocuta (crocuta) ultima) are extinct species or subspecies of hyena known from Eurasia, which ranged from Western...
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    Cave Mining Company ceased all operations after only four and a half years. William Lynch purchased the cave in 1889, and soon after opened the cave to...
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    Fingal's Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, known for its natural acoustics. The National Trust...
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    George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave, GCMG, PC (23 February 1856 – 29 March 1928) was a British lawyer and Conservative politician. He was Home Secretary under...
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    Franchthi Cave or Frankhthi Cave (Greek: Σπήλαιον Φράγχθι) is an archaeological site overlooking Kiladha Bay, in the Argolic Gulf, opposite the village...
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    William Cave Thomas (8 May 1820 – 1906), generally referred to as Cave Thomas was an English Victorian painter of historical, religious and literary subjects...
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    began excavating guano from the caves, used as fertilisers. In 1878, the caves were discovered by American naturalist William Hornaday. K. Thamboosamy, an...
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    William Henry Cave (February 22, 1872 – July 7, 1941) was a merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Bay de Verde in the Newfoundland House...
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    The Trirashmi Caves, or Nashik Caves or Pandavleni Most of the caves are viharas except for Cave 18 which is a chaitya of the 1st century BCE. The style...
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