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Tour of awesome Ariz. cavern makes birthday special
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It was drop by drop; year by year.
From millennium to millennium, a majestic wet cavern below a
foothill in Arizona was formed.
For 14 years it was kept a secret.
For 25 years, only a few people were ever able to see it.
Until now.
Two weeks ago, a magnificent, 2.4-mile-long cavern was opened to
the public in the Chihuahuan desert near Benson, Ariz.
"It is the land of imagination and the stuff of dreams," said Mary
Wastcoat, a rancher from Pearce, Ariz...
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Prying open N.Y. urban historyCivic effort in Hoboken is aimed at tangled fate of a cave
International Herald Tribune
; Kareem Fahim International Herald Tribune 06-27-2007 The Cave of the Sibyl, where Virgil's prophetess received Aeneas before leading him to the underworld, was a vast cavern in southern Italy with a hundred mouths. When the Sibyl spoke, her words came in a hundred voices. A cave in Hoboken has a
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Grant Carey Cave inspires general manager
The Gazette
; Patience is a virtue Grant Carey appreciates. As general manager of Cave of the Winds and a few other entertainment and agricultural businesses, he leads a fast-paced life. But when he walks down the silent, cool tunnels of the caverns off U.S. Highway 24 West near Manitou Springs and admires the
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COOL RECESS Take a break from daily hustle or heat at Cave of the Winds
The Gazette
; Get down to earth with a tour of the Cave of the Winds. Descending underground on a guided tour gives visitors a brief history of the cave systems, an up-close view of ancient geological processes, tales of folklore and perhaps a glimpse of cave critters. Our favorite part: The geological beauty of
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New perspective from Cave's dark side
The Boston Globe
; NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS With Come At: The Roxy, Monday night It was a dank and dreary night, which is to say, ideal if one was venturing out to see Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds' first US performance in four-plus years. Call it warm-up weather, something to get you in the mood. Because when you enter
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On this tour, you get on your hands and knees to explore cave in Colorado.(Originated from Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. _ The entrance to Manitou Cave is enough to make your jaw drop, but not for the reasons you might think. It's a 2-foot-wide storm drain embedded in a round slab of concrete. To get into the cave, you must wriggle through this oversized doughnut hole on your hands and knees.
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New owners bring new life to Organ Cave
The State Journal
; LEWISBURG -- Caves are supposed to contain wonders and, like its fabled counterparts, Organ Cave in Greenbrier County lives up to that. The wonders found there are more historical than financial, however. After being closed for several years, Organ cave reopened in April 1998 with new owners. Sam
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Unlocking memories from mystery cave
The Nelson Mail
; ... Pokororo rivers. Neville has researched his great-grandfather's diaries left behind after his death. He says his book will include maps showing all of John's journeys at the top of the South Island. Neville describes his great-grandfather as "a very unassuming ...
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Cave may be John the Baptist's workplace
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Cave may be John the Baptist's workplace Discovery in Israel has archaeologists abuzz By KARIN LAUB Associated Press Tuesday, August 17, 2004 Kibbutz Tzuba, Israel -- Archaeologists think they have found a cave where John the Baptist baptized many of his followers -- basing their theory on
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MAMMOTH ADVENTURE; THE WORLD'S LONGEST CAVE SYSTEM, MAMMOTH CAVE IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY, LIES ONLY NINE HOURS FROM THE TRIAD.(TRAVEL)
The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)
; A person could easily get lost. If it weren't for rangers at Mammoth Cave National Park, visitors might spend a lifetime trying to free themselves from the world's longest cave. They would wander along the hilly, loose-gravel paths, gawking at limestone formations, peering into deep caverns,
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Debate Over Moldy Cave Art Is a Tale of Human Missteps
The Washington Post
; The regal black bull painted by a Stone Age artist on a cave wall in southwestern France 17,000 years ago has survived millennia of war and pestilence just a few yards above its subterranean gallery. Today the prehistoric bovine could face annihilation by an army of encroaching black mold spots,
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