San Felice Circeo. Guattari Cave

It is the most famous cave of the headland of San Felice Circeo even though it was not discovered until 24 February 1939 when Mr Guattari removed a landslide that had blocked the entrance.

Here he found over six hundred animal bones and Mr Guattari immediately called Professor Blanc.

When he entered the cave he discovered a skull of the Neanderthal period lying on the ground surrounded by a ring of stones.

The professor noticed that it had two wounds, one on his right temple, certainly the blow that killed the man, and another at the base of the skull.


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Benedicta Lee

Born in Rome from an Italian mother and American father, she works as a freelance communications manager and designer in the tourism sector, a career and interest which she is pursuing with a...

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