Alepotrypa Cave

Alepotrypa Cave is a major Neolithic site on the Mani Peninsula, Peloponnese, Greece, stretching 300 meters with six chambers ending in an underground lake [1]. Used from roughly 6000 to 3200 BC for habitation, burial, and ritual, it contains remains of at least 170 individuals [1]. Notable finds include rare silver jewelry, Melian obsidian blades, painted pottery, and the famous "Embracing Skeletons" dating to the 4th millennium BC [1]^[2]. It is one of the largest Neolithic burial sites in Europe [1].