In Kalambaka, the most ancient technical project The most
ancient technical project of Greece, probably in the world, is
found in the Theopetra cave of Kalambaka and is 23,000 years
old. It is a stone wall that had been constructed in the
entrance of the cave, blocking its entrance by 2/3. This
construction -stone pile to be precise- was studied and dated by
the "Democritus" center, which presented yesterday the results.
The age coincides precisely with the coldest period of the last
glacial age, suggesting that the Paleolithic inhabitants of the
cave had constructed this wall at its entrance to protect
themselves from the harsh cold of the times. Remnants of fire,
tools made of pyritolithus (?) and quartz, early jewellery from
deerteeth, stone implements and ceramics have come to light in
the prehistoric cave of Theopetra during the excavations
conducted by Dr. Nina Kyparissi-Apostolika for 25 years, ephor
of Palaeoanthropology and Speleology of southern Greece of the
Ministry of Culture. Human skeletons hav