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The Buddha statue carved on the rock wall
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.
Ajanta Caves in India
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.
Cave painting mural in northern Spain
Chinese buddha
Original cave paintings. Black paintings of bison, horses and ibexes.\
Yungang Grottoes
The Madara Rider is an early medieval large rock relief, Bulgaria, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Antakya Turkey; November 27, 2022: Besikli Magara. Turkish meaning: Besikli Cave in Samandag, Hatay - Turkey.
Badami Cave Temples
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.
The Diva Guhawa Cave Temple at Ratnapura in Sri Lanka
A Greek Orthodox Monastery, built in 386, nested in a cliff at an altitude of 1200 m.
Lord Ganesha and Matrikas Sculpture western cell in Elephanta Caves, Cave 1, at Elephanta Island or Gharapuri, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Terracotta warrior excavation site with pottery and broken statues before restoration
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.
Derinkuyu cave city in Cappadocia Turkey
Aurangabad Caves in India
Buddha 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.
The cave monastery of Yungang near Datong in China
AYAZİNİ KİLİSESİ: İhsaniye İlçesi, Ayazini Kasabası girişinde yol kenarında tüf sarp kayalık içinde, kayaya oyulmuş bir kilisedir. Çevresine bitişik kaya odalarıyla birlikte 1000’li yıllarda yapılmış manastır yapısıdır.
prehistoric paintings
Exploring petroglyphs in ancient rock dwellings and analysing the ancient drawings.
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.
The caves where the Benedettine monks settled the first seeds of an old monastery in the mountains
The ceiling in the Qusayr Amra with mesmerizing ancient frescoes depicting bathing people
Giant Buddha 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.
Aurangabad, MH, India - Nov 19, 2011: Taken this picture while on a trip to world famous Ajanta Caves near Aurangabad, India. This 13th century mural painting is present in the main cave there. It is from the Jataka tales in buddhism which depicts different stages of life of Gautam Buddha. Caves are dark and with whatever natural light available took this picture without flash.
Rock wall erosion along the banks of the Musselshell river in central Montana, in western USA of North America.
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