Tham Hua Kalok ( th, ถ้ำหัวกะโหลก, literally ''Skull Cave'', also named Tham Phi Hua To ถ้ำผีหัวโต) is a cave in
Ao Luek District near
Phang Nga Bay
Phang Nga Bay ( th, อ่าวพังงา}, ) is a bay in the Strait of Malacca between the island of Phuket and the mainland of the Kra Isthmus of southern Thailand. Since 1981, an extensive section of the bay has been protected as the ...
in southern
Thailand. The cave contains
prehistoric
Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of ...
paintings in black and red pigment of
humans and strange animals. The cave is in
Than Bok Khorani National Park.
See also
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List of caves
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Speleology
References
*Dorling Kindersley Thailand (2005)
Caves of Thailand
Geography of Krabi province
Prehistoric Thailand
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