Rock-cut
Temples and cities carved directly from living rock
Wonders in this collection (5)
Abu Simbel
Rock-cutTemples carved into a cliff for Ramesses II, cut into blocks and lifted 65 m higher in the 1960s to ...
Al-Khazneh, Petra
Rock-cutA temple facade carved into a sandstone cliff by the Nabataeans.
Kailasa Temple, Ellora
Rock-cutA complete temple carved from a single rock, with an estimated 200,000 tonnes of stone removed.
Rock-hewn churches of Lalibela
Rock-cutEleven churches carved downward out of solid rock, complete with windows and columns.
Serapeum galleries
Rock-cutLong underground galleries cut into the bedrock to house sacred Apis bull burials.
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