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Callao Cave

Seven cathedral-like limestone chambers stretch beneath the karst hills of Peñablanca, carved over millennia by an underground river. The most visited chamber holds a functioning chapel where light descends from a natural skylight—mass is still celebrated here. Archaeological digs in the cave produced the Callao Man fossils dated to 67,000 years ago, the oldest known human remains found in the Philippines.

📸 BiyaheNiDrik (CC BY-SA 4.0), Rawen Balmaña (CC BY-SA 2.0), Ervin Malicdem (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons

Maya Reyes

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