🗺 Some 113,251 people have visited Georgia’s protected areas between January and April of this year, a 13% increase from the same period last year, the Agency of Protected Areas announced. The majority (54%) of visitors were Georgians. The most popular destinations were Tbilisi National Park, Kazbegi National Park and Prometheus Cave, near Kutaisi. Most of the foreign visitors were from Germany, Poland, Israel, India and Russia, according to Agenda.ge. A total of 8.7 million tourists visited Georgia in 2018, a nearly 10% increase from the previous year.

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Study of shells found in caves in northern Israel shows prehistoric humans invented string much earlier than previously thought – between 160,000 and 120,000 years ago#israel_archaeology

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At the Postojna Cave, Europe's largest cave open to tourists, staff were able to observe the baby dragons being born in 2016.

January was the last time a stabbing attack was attempted at the Cave of Patriarchs, however prior to that attempt there were several others in prior months.

"The Claw-Eagle Operation has started. Our planes are bringing the caves down on the terrorists' heads," Turkey's Defense Ministry said on Twitter, without providing further information.

Study of shells found in caves in northern Israel shows prehistoric humans invented string much earlier than previously thought – between 160,000 and 120,000 years ago#israel_archaeology