When first inhabited some 55,000 years ago, it would have been approximately 5 kilometres from the shore, but, due to changes in sea level, it is now only a few metres from the Mediterranean Sea.
大約55000年前，人類第一次居住時，距離海岸大約5公里，但由於海平面的變化，現在離地中海只有幾公尺的距離。