Cuevas de la Araña en Bicorp

The Cuevas de la Araña (German: Spider Caves ) are a group of caves in the municipality in the Spanish province of Valencia Bicorp in eastern Spain. You are in the Reserva Nacional de Caza Muela de Cortes, about 60 kilometers southeast of the city of Valencia. The caves are located in the valley of the river Escalona and were used by prehistoric people who left numerous cave paintings there. The paintings show, among other hunter with bow and arrow.

The most famous drawing shows a gekletterte on a tree person who exploits a living colony of bees in a tree hollow with one hand and in the other hand holds a collection vessel. This is one of the earliest known representations of Capture of bee products such as honey and beeswax. The dating of these are also referred to as honey hunters rock drawing is in the archaeological literature and controversial figures vary 10000-6000 BC

The caves were discovered in the early 20th century by the local teacher Jaime Garí i Poch and Prehistoric rock paintings in eastern Spain since 1998 a UNESCO World Heritage Site.