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Szeleta
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- Site type:
- Cave
- Lat/Long:
- 48.11, 20.64
- Country:
- Hungary
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The Szeleta cave is one of the places where the first cave excavations were carried out in Hungary. It is one of the four caves in Hungary that provide a reliable and basic collection of archaeological finds. The other three are Diósgyőrtapolcai cave, Istállós kői cave and Pes kő cave. The namesake of the seleta culture. It was inhabited for more than 100,000 years from the beginning of the last interglacial. It is one of the most protected caves in Hungary.