Caves here thousands of years old and during that year ribuhan these places still function as before.
1. Petra, Jordan
2. Al-Hijr, Saudi Arabia
Among the most famous sites of Saudi Arabia is the architecture of Al Hijr also known as Madain Saleh. The front of the residence in Al Hijr been carved in sandstone mountain sometime in the second millennium BC. Al Hijr - which literally means 'rocky' - believed to have been inhabited by the Nabataeans and Thamud. It features water wells, preserved monumental tombs, inscriptions and cave drawings.
3. Rock-hewn Churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia
The most amazing structure was carved out of the rock churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia. 11 rock hewn churches have each carved from a single block of granite with roof at ground level. 12th century King Lalibela commissioned churches with the goal of creating the New Jerusalem for those who can not make the pilgrimage to the original city. Each church is created by carve a trench width on all four sides of the stone and then painstakingly carve out the interior. The biggest one of them stands as tall as 40 meters.
4. Nubian Monuments Abu Simbel, Egypt
Four colossal statues of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II doorman Abu Simbel, a temple cut out of the sandstone cliffs above the Nile. Commissioned by Ramses himself, temple facing the east so that twice a year, the sun reaches into the innermost sanctuary, illuminating the statue of Ptah, Amun-Re, Ramesses II and Re-Horakhty. The complex was transferred entirely from its original setting in 1960 to avoid flooding when Lake Nasser was created.
5. Goa Gajah, Elephant Cave Temple, Bali
Gojah cave, is one of the sites of Bali's most historically significant. Cave apparently partly destroyed by natural disasters old and undetected for centuries until a team of Dutch archaeologists discovered it in 1923. Thought to have been built in the 11th century, Goa Gojah features sculptures influenced by Hinduism and Buddhism and meditation contain confidential space for priest or ascetic. Two traditional bathing pools outside the cave containing the water is said to have magical properties.
6. Cappadocia Cave Houses, Turkey
Cappadocia is one of the 73 provinces when the Republic of Turkey, and has one of the most bizarre and interesting sights in the world. Soil, rock dwarf features tufa rock formations' strange volcanic called 'Fairy Chimneys' as well as the cities of the underground complex and the building was cut from' tufa 'soft. Many of them are the church, with columns and arches decorate the stone face of a declared natural stone.
7. Ancient Rock City of Matera, Italy
In the town of Matera in ancient rocks in Italy southwest, people living in the same house exactly that their ancestors are not 9,000 years ago. Matera was created from a rocky ravine and natural caves that many in the area - called the 'Sassi di Matera' - is the first home of the Neolithic population in the region. Creating a labyrinth cave house, and it was almost impossible to distinguish the natural rock formations of ancient architecture. The houses seem to grow out of the rock in an organic way, creating a bit of attraction of what is in the middle of the 20th century a ghost town. Matera is mainly the setting for Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of the Christ '.
8. Yungang Grottoes, China
The Yungang Grottoes of Datong in Shanxi province of China consists of 53 caves and 51,000 statues, and is one of China's most beautiful examples of cave art. Giant Buddha tower over visitors who wind through the cave saw many statues in it. Most of the works of art ever in the caves was stolen in the early 20th century and the wooden temple buildings that once protected the caves burned out. So, the site is now in urgent need of protection and has been named a UNESCO world heritage site.
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