Cave of Swimmers
Libya /
al-Kufrah /
World
/ Libya
/ al-Kufrah
/ al-Kufrah
, 224 km from center (الكفرة)
World / Egypt
cave(s), petroglyph, archeological site
Famous Wadi Sura (Valley of the Pictures) caves with stone age petroglyphs and paintings, one of them the famous Cave of the Swimmers, discoverd by Ladislaus Almashi (the background of the film "The English Patient"). In the whole area, you can disvocer many petroglyphs and paintings in the rocky slopes of the Gilf Kebir cliff.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_Swimmers
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 23°35'41"N 25°14'0"E
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- Cave of the Paintings 10 km
- Maghara al Qantara 102 km
- Shaman-Cave 493 km
- Gara Cave 613 km
- Tomb of Senenmut (TT353) 783 km
- The Wadi Sannur Cave (By Mohsen Abd Elaziz) 824 km
- Cave of Pope Kirillos the 6th 902 km
- Cave of St. Anthony 925 km
- Saint Simon Cave Church & Monastery 934 km
- southern cliffs of the Abu Ras Plateau 10 km
- Umm Ras Plateau 26 km
- Mars Landscape 28 km
- Abu Ras Plateau 31 km
- Wadi Abdel Malik 42 km
- Gilf al Kebir 43 km
- Arkenu Dune, northern section 57 km
- Wadi Abdul Malik (Central Area) 71 km
- Abu Saad Plateau 76 km
- Wadi Abdel Malik, lowest section 151 km