Fig 1.
Map of the Mediterranean Sea showing the core area where Gorgoneia have been found.
Exceptions outside the core area are in the Black Sea, Israel and Ibiza. The location of Gibraltar is indicated by a red dot. Details of individual sites are at S2 File. Inset shows the region of the Strait of Gibraltar, showing the location of Gorham’s Cave. The two Pillars of Herakles are marked by red dots, Gibraltar (Mons Calpe) being the northern Pillar. The location of the Atlas Mountains is indicated.
Fig 2.
Map and section of Gorham’s Cave showing location of the Gorgoneion fragments in the deepest part of the cave where it connects with the entrance to a deep and narrow chamber.
The section shows the dune covering the entrance to the cave as it would have appeared at the time that the cave was being used as a coastal shrine.
Fig 3.
Fragments recovered from Gorham’s Cave (right) with a reconstruction of the complete Gorgoneion. See also S1 File. Specimen IDs: GOR/’98/B3/52a; GOR/’98/B3/52b; GOR/’98/B3/52c; GOR/’98/B3/52d; GOR/’98/B3/52e; GOR/’98/B3/52f; GOR/’98/B3/52g; GOR/’98/B3/52h; GORHAM’S C 1958 GA7(a); GORHAM’S C 1958 GA7(b); GOR99/alpha2/N I/140; GOR99/alpha alpha2/N I/36. Stored at The Gibraltar National Museum, Gibraltar. All necessary permits were obtained for the described study, which complied with all relevant regulations.
Fig 4.
Gorham’s Cave at the base of Mons Calpe (Gibraltar) from the sea today.