Location information

Gerani Cave

The Gerani cave displays magnificent stalagmites and boasts 6 halls. Apart from three human skeletons archaeological research has brought to light a variety of bone and stone tools dating back to the Neolithic period. Furthermore important material of palaeontological interest was found, probably relics of more than 100 endemic deer, which must have died towards the end of the Pleistocene period. The human skeletons belonged to people who were probably trapped in the cave, perhaps due to an earthquake.

Rethymno Prefecture Tourism Committee WebPage
• http://www.rethymnon.gr/nature/natur_en05.htm

• http://www.interkriti.org/nikfokas/grtext.htm#cave...