Talk:Caves of Hercules

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This is not a good idea to mix folklore and Science without make a clear distinction between them. In the Wikimedia Commons this picture has in the subtitle: "As the Berber people cut stone wheels from its walls (which is the cause of the pattern visible in the image) to make millstones, the natural cave was extended considerably. " As a Geologist I have serious doubt about this. These walls seem to have this pattern because of the limestone origin. Maybe this pattern is from some kind of stromatolite algae.

Zimbres (talk) 02:02, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

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The Caves of Hercules is an archaeological cave complex located in Cape Spartel, Morocco. Situated 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of Tangier, the popular tourist attraction is adjacent to the summer palace of the king of Morocco. The cave itself is partly natural and partly man-made. The man-made portion was used by Berbers to cut stone wheels from the walls to make millstones, resulting in the ridges visible on the walls in this photograph of the cave's interior.

Photograph credit: Diego Delso

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