This site was quarried beginning in the first half of the 6th century BC and its stone was used to construct the temples in the ancient Greek city Selinunte.

The stone found at Cave di Cusa site was very suitable for building and therefore a material of choice.

Its texture and tufa (resistant limestone) material made it suitable for the construction of the local Greek temple.

[citation needed] In 409 BC Cave di Cusa was suddenly abandoned due to the arrival of Carthaginian invader Hannibal Mago.

[citation needed] Archaeological investigation on the site has given us a lot of information regarding Cave di Cusa and how it was used.

Many efficient and advanced methods were used to carve the stone, like grooves and holes put on "architraves" that allowed ropes and beams to be threaded through them to aid in lifting the rock.