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Wierzchowska Gorna Cave in Wierzchowie, Poland.
Burial caves painted with red, black and whte geometric patterns in Colombia
Original cave paintings. Black paintings of bison, horses and ibexes.\
weathered Buddha sculpture in Cave 9 at Yungang Grottoes, ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes built during the Northern Wei dynasty near the city of Datong, in the province of Shanxi. They are excellent examples of rock-cut architecture and one of the three most famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites of China. The others are Longmen and Mogao.
Dublin, Ireland - July 16, 1986: 1980s old Positive Film scanned, Newgrange prehistoric monument, County Meath, Ireland.
Tarquinia, Italy - 18 september 2020: Interior of a typical Etruscan tomb with frescoes, without anybody
Ajanta Caves in India
29 May 2021, Lipska Cave, Cetinje, Montenegro, interior with rich cave decorations, with different colors
Elephanta Caves, a series of rock-cut temples on Elephanta Island, is located in Mumbai Harbour. The complex was constructed around 600AD and is filled with rock art linked to the cult of Shiva. The site was designated a World Heritage Site in 1987.
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Ceiling details at Yungang Grottoes, ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes built during the Northern Wei dynasty near the city of Datong, in the province of Shanxi. They are excellent examples of rock-cut architecture and one of the three most famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites of China. The others are Longmen and Mogao.
Prehistoric cave paintings in northern Spain
Antakya Turkey; November 27, 2022: Besikli Magara. Turkish meaning: Besikli Cave in Samandag, Hatay - Turkey.
Painted Funeral chamber made by the Etruscan
Derinkuyu cave city in Cappadocia Turkey
Elephanta Caves, a series of rock-cut temples on Elephanta Island, is located in Mumbai Harbour. The complex was constructed around 600AD and is filled with rock art linked to the cult of Shiva. The site was designated a World Heritage Site in 1987.
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Zipaquira, Colombia - 04 12 2019: catholic cathedral of Zipaquira is built into the tunnels of an underground salt mine and artfully illuminated in colorful light.
Zipaquira, Colombia - February 11, 2022: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá is an underground Roman Catholic church built within the tunnels of a salt mine 200 metres (660 ft) underground in a halite mountain near the city of Zipaquirá, in Cundinamarca, Colombia. It is a tourist destination and place of pilgrimage in the country.
Refectory of Sandal church with scene of the Last Supper in wall niche. Goreme Open air museum. June 16, 2022 - Cappadocia, Turkey
Bell Cave 360-Degree View
rock painting
During the Roman period, A.D. It was seen that Christianity spread rapidly in the region in the 2nd century, and there was a great struggle between the idolaters and the Christians. Many underground cities in the Cappadocia region, which belong to the 3rd and 4th centuries, were built by Christians for protection, shelter and worship. Mucur Underground City is in Kırşehir province. The underground city carved into soft rocks is 7-8 m deep from the ground. In the underground city with many rooms, the corridors are wide enough to pass from one place to another and people can only move forward by bending, the barns, places of worship, dividing the corridors, and the capstones, which are large volumes and circular shaped stone masses that are estimated to be built to close the rooms. and there are ventilation shafts opening above ground.
Himba woman in a small family-village. They live in a hamlet of huts and work shelters. The Himba (OvaHimba) are indigenous peoples in the semi-arid Kunene region (formerly Kaokoland) in the Northern part of Namibia and at the riverside of Kunene in Angola, The about 50,000 people live a semi-nomadic life. They cover themselves with otjize paste, a cosmetic mixture of butterfat (or Vaselin) and ochre pigment, The age and social status of a Himba can be seen in their hairstyle and jewelry. Children have a more or less shaved head. Young girls have their hair sculptured to two braided hair plait, young boys have one braided hair plait. From pubescence boys keep their braided hair plait, girls have many hair plaits. Married women (for about a year, or have a child) wear an ornate headpiece. Married woman also wear cone shells, which are imported from East Africa and are very valueable. Men, who are married wear a head-wrap (cap) and un-braided hair. Widowed men expose their un-braided hair.
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Ruins of ancient Mural paintings in Kanchi Kailasanathar temple in Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu.
Buddhist image in Cave 6, one of the richest of the Yungang sites. It was constructed between 465 and 494 C.E. by Emperor Xiao Wen. The entire interior of the cave is carved and painted. The walls of the upper stories are host to carvings of standing Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and monks among other celestial figures. Yungang Grottoes, are excellent examples of rock-cut architecture and one of the three most famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites of China. The others are Longmen and Mogao.
Cave painting mural in northern Spain
Karain Cave from the Paleolithic age, where the first people lived, near Termessos National Park
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