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In the remote and uninhabited επιπλα island of Gioura in Alonnisos there was found the Cyclopes cave, which is regarded to be the biggest cave in North Sporades. It was found in an area 150 meters above the sea south of Gioura. Its entrance views the sea and the inside is a large room 40×50 meters and 15meters height. Excavation of the cave began in 1992 until 1995 and the discoveries are amazing. In the entrance was found important remains of inhabitation in the Classic, Hellenistic and Roman period. In the last one the cave was probably used as a temple or a sacred place of worshiping gods. There were also found landfills that are dating around Neolithic and Middle Neolithic era (6500-4000 B.C.).  There were found about 20 vessels, dating in the 6th millennium B.C., which are remarkably decorated with forms of weaving and embroidery. Probably, the cave used to be a ceramics workshop with specialization in decorating pottery. There were also found many animals bones of the Neolithic period which prove that animal breeding was an import ant activity back then. Among the findings, one of the most important is the hood of animal bone (45meters long) which is unique because it was never found such a hook in the Greek area. There were also found many jewels made of shells and spoons made of limpets. Many other tools were made out of shells and stone. The most important discovery is that of a remaining human skull that probably belong to 65-70 years old woman, remarkable for that time. All those discoveries indicate how important is this cave for the history not only of Alonnisos but also of the Greece too. These παιδικα επιπλα remaining shows that human have inhabited those places long before we had though, until now.