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St. Michael's Cave, the Glossary

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Acoustics

Acoustics is a branch of physics that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including topics such as vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound.

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Aerial lift

An aerial lift, also known as a cable car or ropeway, is a means of cable transport in which cabins, cars, gondolas, or open chairs are hauled above the ground by means of one or more cables.

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Airstrike

An airstrike, air strike, or air raid is an offensive operation carried out by aircraft.

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Algeciras

Algeciras is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia.

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Alonso Hernández del Portillo

Alonso Hernández del Portillo (1543–1624) was a Spanish local politician and historian, remembered for being the first chronicler of the city of Gibraltar.

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Ancient Greece (Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Apulia

Apulia, also known by its Italian name Puglia, is a region of Italy, located in the southern peninsular section of the country, bordering the Adriatic Sea to the east, the Strait of Otranto and Ionian Sea to the southeast and the Gulf of Taranto to the south.

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Archaeological excavation

In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains.

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Auditorium

An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances.

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Barbary macaques in Gibraltar

Originally from the Atlas Mountains and the Rif Mountains of Morocco, the Barbary macaque population in Gibraltar is the only wild monkey population on the European continent. St. Michael's Cave and Barbary macaques in Gibraltar are tourist attractions in Gibraltar.

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BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.

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Beauty pageant

A beauty pageant is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants.

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Berbers

Berbers, or the Berber peoples, also called by their endonym Amazigh or Imazighen, are a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arabs in the Arab migrations to the Maghreb.

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In archaeology, a bone tool is a tool created from bone.

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Breed 77

Breed 77 (pronounced "Breed Seven-Seven") is a Gibraltarian rock band.

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British Overseas Territories

The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) are the 14 territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, while not forming part of the United Kingdom itself, are part of its sovereign territory.

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Carbonic acid

Carbonic acid is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.

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Cave painting

In archaeology, cave paintings are a type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves.

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Duel

A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people with matched weapons.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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Exploration

Exploration is the process of exploring, an activity which has some expectation of discovery.

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Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh Dickinson University is a private university with its main campuses in New Jersey, located in Madison / Florham Park and in Teaneck / Hackensack.

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Fault (geology)

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements.

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Gargano

Gargano is a historical and geographical sub-region in the province of Foggia, Apulia, southeast Italy, consisting of a wide isolated mountain massif made of highland and several peaks and forming the backbone of the Gargano Promontory projecting into the Adriatic Sea, the "spur" on the Italian "boot". St. Michael's Cave and Gargano are Michael (archangel).

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Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean (Strait of Gibraltar).

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Gibraltar Nature Reserve

The Gibraltar Nature Reserve (formerly the Upper Rock Nature Reserve) is a protected nature reserve in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar that covers over 40% of the territory's land area.

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Gibraltar World Music Festival

The Gibraltar World Music Festival (GWMF) is an annual music festival held in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.

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Goatherd

A goatherd or goatherder is a person who herds goats as a vocational activity.

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Gorham's Cave

Gorham's Cave (Cueva de Gorham) is a sea-level cave in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. St. Michael's Cave and Gorham's Cave are caves of Gibraltar.

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Great Siege Tunnels

The Great Siege Tunnels in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, also known as the Upper Galleries, are a series of tunnels inside the northern end of the Rock of Gibraltar. St. Michael's Cave and Great Siege Tunnels are tourist attractions in Gibraltar.

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Grotto

A grotto is a natural or artificial cave used by humans in both modern times and antiquity, and historically or prehistorically.

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Hades

Hades (Hā́idēs,, later), in the ancient Greek religion and mythology, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous.

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Homer

Homer (Ὅμηρος,; born) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature.

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Hospital

A hospital is a healthcare institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment.

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Ibex

An ibex (ibex, ibexes or ibices) is any of several species of wild goat (genus ''Capra''), distinguished by the male's large recurved horns, which are transversely ridged in front.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Mark Steel

Mark Steel (born 4 July 1960) is an English author, broadcaster, stand-up comedian and newspaper columnist.

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Mark Steel's in Town

Mark Steel's in Town is a stand-up comedy show on BBC Radio 4, co-written and performed by Mark Steel.

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Michael (archangel)

Michael, also called Saint Michael the Archangel, Archangel Michael and Saint Michael the Taxiarch is an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baha'i faith.

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Military history of Gibraltar during World War II

The military history of Gibraltar during World War II exemplifies Gibraltar's position as a British fortress from the early-18th century onwards and as a vital factor in British military strategy, both as a foothold on the continent of Europe, and as a bastion of British sea power.

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Miss Gibraltar

Miss Gibraltar is a national beauty pageant in Gibraltar.

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Moorish architecture

Moorish architecture is a style within Islamic architecture which developed in the western Islamic world, including al-Andalus (on the Iberian peninsula) and what is now Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia (part of the Maghreb).

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Moorish Castle

The Moorish Castle is the name given to a medieval fortification in Gibraltar comprising various buildings, gates, and fortified walls, with the dominant features being the Tower of Homage and the Gate House.

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Morocco

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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Music genre

A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions.

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Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula

The Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, also known as the Arab conquest of Spain, by the Umayyad Caliphate occurred between approximately 711 and the 720s.

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Neanderthal

Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis or H. sapiens neanderthalensis) are an extinct group of archaic humans (generally regarded as a distinct species, though some regard it as a subspecies of Homo sapiens) who lived in Eurasia until about 40,000 years ago.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Opera

Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.

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Orchestra

An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.

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Phoenicia

Phoenicia, or Phœnicia, was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization originating in the coastal strip of the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon.

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Pillars of Hercules

The Pillars of Hercules are the promontories that flank the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar.

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Pomponius Mela

Pomponius Mela, who wrote around AD 43, was the earliest known Roman geographer.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Prehistory

Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems.

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Queen's Road, Gibraltar

Queen's Road is the longest road in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.

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Rain

Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity.

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Rock music

Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Rock of Gibraltar

The Rock of Gibraltar (from the Arabic name Jabal Ṭāriq جبل طارق, meaning "Mountain of Tariq") is a monolithic limestone mountain high dominating the western entrance to the Mediterranean Sea.

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Saint George

Saint George (Geṓrgios;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, Geōrgius, გიორგი, Ge'orgiyos, Mar Giwargis, translit died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity.

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Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo

The Sanctuary of Saint Michael the Archangel (Santuario di San Michele Arcangelo) is a Roman Catholic shrine on Mount Gargano, Italy, part of the commune of Monte Sant'Angelo, in the province of Foggia, northern Apulia. St. Michael's Cave and Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo are Michael (archangel).

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Sea level

Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured.

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Shell jewelry

Shell jewelry is jewelry that is primarily made from seashells, the shells of marine mollusks.

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Simón Susarte

Simón Rodríguez Susarte, commonly known as Simón Susarte, was a Spanish goatherd from Gibraltar, who in 1704 aided a Bourbon Spanish attempt to seize Gibraltar during the Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar by revealing a concealed path to the attackers which led to the top of the Rock of Gibraltar.

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Skeleton

A skeleton is the structural frame that supports the body of most animals.

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Solutional cave

A solutional cave, solution cave, or karst cave is a cave usually formed in the soluble rock limestone.

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Solutrean

The Solutrean industry is a relatively advanced flint tool-making style of the Upper Paleolithic of the Final Gravettian, from around 22,000 to 17,000 BP.

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Son et lumière (show)

Son et lumière ((French, lit. "sound and light")), or a sound and light show, is a form of nighttime entertainment that is usually presented in an outdoor venue of historic significance.

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Spanish Army

The Spanish Army (lit) is the terrestrial army of the Spanish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations.

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Speleothem

A speleothem is a geological formation by mineral deposits that accumulate over time in natural caves.

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Stalactite

A stalactite is a mineral formation that hangs from the ceiling of caves, hot springs, or man-made structures such as bridges and mines.

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Stalagmite

A stalagmite is a type of rock formation that rises from the floor of a cave due to the accumulation of material deposited on the floor from ceiling drippings.

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Steve Hogarth

Steve Hogarth (born Ronald Stephen Hoggarth, 14 May 1956), also known as "h", is an English musician.

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Stone tools have been used throughout human history but are most closely associated with prehistoric cultures and in particular those of the Stone Age.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Michael's_Cave

Also known as Old St. Michael's Cave, Saint Michael's Cave, St Michael's Cave, St Michael's Caves, St Michaels Cave.

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Caves of Gibraltar

Show caves

Tourist attractions in Gibraltar

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