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  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-017.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-010.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-014.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-013.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-015.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-012.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-008.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of a human like head rock sculpture peering from beneath a ledge at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-007.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-004.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of a row of human like heads rock sculptures peering from beneath a ledge at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-005.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-018.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-016.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-011.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-009.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of a row of human like heads rock sculptures peering from beneath a ledge at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-006.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-003.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-001.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-002.tif
  • View of abandoned great 5th century BC cylindrical blocks at the quarries of Cave de Cusa which were to be used as Column Drums. The Quarry provided all the Masonry for the Temples at Selinunte.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_077.tif
  • View of an abandoned great 5th century BC cylindrical block at the quarries of Cave de Cusa which was to be used as Column Drums. The Quarry provided all the Masonry for the Temples at Selinunte.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_076.tif
  • View of an abandoned great 5th century BC cylindrical block at the quarries of Cave de Cusa which was to be used as Column Drums. The Quarry provided all the Masonry for the Temples at Selinunte.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_073.tif
  • View of an abandoned great 5th century BC cylindrical block at the quarries of Cave de Cusa which was to be used as Column Drums. The Quarry provided all the Masonry for the Temples at Selinunte.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_072.tif
  • Abandoned 5th century BC Column capital at the quarries of Cave de Cusa The Quarry provided all the Masonry for the Temples at Selinunte.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_069.tif
  • View of an abandoned great 5th century BC cylindrical block at the quarries of Cave de Cusa which was to be used as Column Drums. The Quarry provided all the Masonry for the Temples at Selinunte.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_066.tif
  • View of abandoned great 5th century BC cylindrical blocks at the quarries of Cave de Cusa which were to be used as Column Drums. The Quarry provided all the Masonry for the Temples at Selinunte.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_078.tif
  • View of a barely cut and abandoned great 5th century BC cylindrical block at the quarries of Cave de Cusa which was to be used as Column Drums. The Quarry provided all the Masonry for the Temples at Selinunte.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_075.tif
  • View of an cut and abandoned great 5th century BC cylindrical block at the quarries of Cave de Cusa which was to be used as Column Drums. The Quarry provided all the Masonry for the Temples at Selinunte.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_074.tif
  • View of abandoned great 5th century BC cylindrical blocks at the quarries of Cave de Cusa which were to be used as Column Drums. The Quarry provided all the Masonry for the Temples at Selinunte.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_071.tif
  • View of an abandoned great 5th century BC cylindrical block at the quarries of Cave de Cusa which was to be used as Column Drums. The Quarry provided all the Masonry for the Temples at Selinunte.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_070.tif
  • View of an abandoned great 5th century BC cylindrical block at the quarries of Cave de Cusa which was to be used as Column Drums. The Quarry provided all the Masonry for the Temples at Selinunte.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_067.tif
  • View of abandoned great 5th century BC cylindrical blocks at the quarries of Cave de Cusa which were to be used as Column Drums. The Quarry provided all the Masonry for the Temples at Selinunte.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_068.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. View of one of the Nymphaia, a cave like structure which was used for worship and recreation purposes, located on Monte Smith, a hill west of Rhodes Town.  The hill or upper acropolis which is named after British Admiral Sir Sydney Smith was the religious and ceremonial focus of the ancient 5th century BC city of Rhodes.
    Greece_Rhodes_Town_Acropolis_022.tif
  • Qasr Al-Haj. Jebel Nafus. Libya. View of the main entrance of the wonderfully preserved and completely enclosed circular fortified Berber granary in the village of Qasr Al Haj. Dating from the 12th century the spectacular granary was built as a communal storehouse to hoard and protect the critical crops of every local family. The 114 cave like storage pens are sealed with doors made of palm tree trunks and the granary is still being used today.
    Libya_Qasr al haj_019.tif
  • View of the Little Rustic Fountain which is cave covered in tartar flakes. Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. Called pietra spugnola with a 16th century peperino stone statue of Winter, originally located in the Gran Loggia. Villa d’Este, renowned for its spectacular use of water, represents the quintessence of the Italian garden of the High Renaissance. It is a designated UNESCO world heritage site.
    Villa_d_Este_Tivoli_Italy_086.tif
  • Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. View of the Little Rustic Fountain which is cave covered in tartar flakes called pietra spugnola with a 16th century peperino stone statue of Winter, originally located in the Gran Loggia. Villa d’Este, renowned for its spectacular use of water, represents the quintessence of the Italian garden of the High Renaissance. It is a designated UNESCO world heritage site.
    Villa_d_Este_Tivoli_Italy_087.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. Passage leading to of one of the Nymphaia, a cave like structure which was used for worship and recreation purposes, located on Monte Smith, a hill west of Rhodes Town.  The hill or upper acropolis which is named after British Admiral Sir Sydney Smith was the religious and ceremonial focus of the ancient 5th century BC city of Rhodes.
    Greece_Rhodes_Town_Acropolis_023.tif
  • Qasr Al-Haj. Jebel Nafus. Libya. View of the main entrance of the wonderfully preserved and completely enclosed circular fortified Berber granary in the village of Qasr Al Haj. Dating from the 12th century the spectacular granary was built as a communal storehouse to hoard and protect the critical crops of every local family. The 114 cave like storage pens are sealed with doors made of palm tree trunks and the granary is still being used today.
    Libya_Qasr al haj_020.tif
  • Qasr Al-Haj. Jebel Nafus. Libya. View through the main entrance of the wonderfully preserved and completely enclosed circular fortified Berber granary in the village of Qasr Al Haj. Dating from the 12th century the spectacular granary was built as a communal storehouse to hoard and protect the critical crops of every local family. The 114 cave like storage pens are sealed with doors made of palm tree trunks and the granary is still being used today.
    Libya_Qasr al haj_021.tif
  • Qasr Al-Haj. Jebel Nafus. Libya. View of the main entrance of the wonderfully preserved and completely enclosed circular fortified Berber granary in the village of Qasr Al Haj. Dating from the 12th century the spectacular granary was built as a communal storehouse to hoard and protect the critical crops of every local family. The 114 cave like storage pens are sealed with doors made of palm tree trunks and the granary is still being used today.
    Libya_Qasr al haj_018.tif
  • Qasr Al-Haj. Jebel Nafus. Libya. View inside the wonderfully preserved and completely enclosed circular fortified Berber granary in the village of Qasr Al Haj. Dating from the 12th century the spectacular granary was built as a communal storehouse to hoard and protect the critical crops of every local family. The 114 cave like storage pens are sealed with doors made of palm tree trunks and the granary is still being used today.
    Libya_Qasr al haj_015.tif
  • Qasr Al-Haj. Jebel Nafus. Libya. View inside the wonderfully preserved and completely enclosed circular fortified Berber granary in the village of Qasr Al Haj. Dating from the 12th century the spectacular granary was built as a communal storehouse to hoard and protect the critical crops of every local family. The 114 cave like storage pens are sealed with doors made of palm tree trunks and the granary is still being used today.
    Libya_Qasr al haj_014.tif
  • Qasr Al-Haj. Jebel Nafus. Libya. View inside the wonderfully preserved and completely enclosed circular fortified Berber granary in the village of Qasr Al Haj. Dating from the 12th century the spectacular granary was built as a communal storehouse to hoard and protect the critical crops of every local family. The 114 cave like storage pens are sealed with doors made of palm tree trunks and the granary is still being used today.
    Libya_Qasr al haj_010.tif
  • Qasr Al-Haj. Jebel Nafus. Libya. View inside the wonderfully preserved and completely enclosed circular fortified Berber granary in the village of Qasr Al Haj. Dating from the 12th century the spectacular granary was built as a communal storehouse to hoard and protect the critical crops of every local family. The 114 cave like storage pens are sealed with doors made of palm tree trunks and the granary is still being used today.
    Libya_Qasr al haj_012.tif
  • Qasr Al-Haj. Jebel Nafus. Libya. View inside the wonderfully preserved and completely enclosed circular fortified Berber granary in the village of Qasr Al Haj. Dating from the 12th century the spectacular granary was built as a communal storehouse to hoard and protect the critical crops of every local family. The 114 cave like storage pens are sealed with doors made of palm tree trunks and the granary is still being used today.
    Libya_Qasr al haj_011.tif
  • Qasr Al-Haj. Jebel Nafus. Libya. View inside the wonderfully preserved and completely enclosed circular fortified Berber granary in the village of Qasr Al Haj. Dating from the 12th century the spectacular granary was built as a communal storehouse to hoard and protect the critical crops of every local family. The 114 cave like storage pens are sealed with doors made of palm tree trunks and the granary is still being used today.
    Libya_Qasr al haj_009.tif
  • Qasr Al-Haj. Jebel Nafus. Libya. View inside the wonderfully preserved and completely enclosed circular fortified Berber granary in the village of Qasr Al Haj. Dating from the 12th century the spectacular granary was built as a communal storehouse to hoard and protect the critical crops of every local family. The 114 cave like storage pens are sealed with doors made of palm tree trunks and the granary is still being used today.
    Libya_Qasr al haj_007.tif
  • Qasr Al-Haj. Jebel Nafus. Libya. View inside the wonderfully preserved and completely enclosed circular fortified Berber granary in the village of Qasr Al Haj. Dating from the 12th century the spectacular granary was built as a communal storehouse to hoard and protect the critical crops of every local family. The 114 cave like storage pens are sealed with doors made of palm tree trunks and the granary is still being used today.
    Libya_Qasr al haj_002.tif
  • Qasr Al-Haj. Jebel Nafus. Libya. View inside the wonderfully preserved and completely enclosed circular fortified Berber granary in the village of Qasr Al Haj. Dating from the 12th century the spectacular granary was built as a communal storehouse to hoard and protect the critical crops of every local family. The 114 cave like storage pens are sealed with doors made of palm tree trunks and the granary is still being used today.
    Libya_Qasr al haj_003.tif
  • Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. View of the Little Rustic Fountain which is cave covered in tartar flakes called pietra spugnola with a 16th century peperino stone statue of Winter, originally located in the Gran Loggia. Villa d’Este, renowned for its spectacular use of water, represents the quintessence of the Italian garden of the High Renaissance. It is a designated UNESCO world heritage site.
    Villa_d_Este_Tivoli_Italy_085.tif
  • Qasr Al-Haj. Jebel Nafus. Libya. View of the main entrance of the wonderfully preserved and completely enclosed circular fortified Berber granary in the village of Qasr Al Haj. Dating from the 12th century the spectacular granary was built as a communal storehouse to hoard and protect the critical crops of every local family. The 114 cave like storage pens are sealed with doors made of palm tree trunks and the granary is still being used today.
    Libya_Qasr al haj_017.tif
  • Qasr Al-Haj. Jebel Nafus. Libya. View of the main entrance of the wonderfully preserved and completely enclosed circular fortified Berber granary in the village of Qasr Al Haj. Dating from the 12th century the spectacular granary was built as a communal storehouse to hoard and protect the critical crops of every local family. The 114 cave like storage pens are sealed with doors made of palm tree trunks and the granary is still being used today.
    Libya_Qasr al haj_016.tif
  • Qasr Al-Haj. Jebel Nafus. Libya. View inside the wonderfully preserved and completely enclosed circular fortified Berber granary in the village of Qasr Al Haj. Dating from the 12th century the spectacular granary was built as a communal storehouse to hoard and protect the critical crops of every local family. The 114 cave like storage pens are sealed with doors made of palm tree trunks and the granary is still being used today.
    Libya_Qasr al haj_013.tif
  • Qasr Al-Haj. Jebel Nafus. Libya. View inside the wonderfully preserved and completely enclosed circular fortified Berber granary in the village of Qasr Al Haj. Dating from the 12th century the spectacular granary was built as a communal storehouse to hoard and protect the critical crops of every local family. The 114 cave like storage pens are sealed with doors made of palm tree trunks and the granary is still being used today.
    Libya_Qasr al haj_008.tif
  • Qasr Al-Haj. Jebel Nafus. Libya. View inside the wonderfully preserved and completely enclosed circular fortified Berber granary in the village of Qasr Al Haj. Dating from the 12th century the spectacular granary was built as a communal storehouse to hoard and protect the critical crops of every local family. The 114 cave like storage pens are sealed with doors made of palm tree trunks and the granary is still being used today.
    Libya_Qasr al haj_004.tif
  • Qasr Al-Haj. Jebel Nafus. Libya. View through the main entrance of the wonderfully preserved and completely enclosed circular fortified Berber granary in the village of Qasr Al Haj. Dating from the 12th century the spectacular granary was built as a communal storehouse to hoard and protect the critical crops of every local family. The 114 cave like storage pens are sealed with doors made of palm tree trunks and the granary is still being used today.
    Libya_Qasr al haj_001.tif
  • Mani. Peloponnese. Greece. View of a part of the Pyrgos Dirous Caves, which are one of the most spectacular natural sights in Greece. The two caverns or caves are famous for their stalactites and stalagmites and are lit with floating lights to accommodate the boat tours.  The caves are located on the west coast of the Mani.
    Greece_Peloponnese_Mani_008.tif
  • Mani. Peloponnese. Greece. View of a part of the Pyrgos Dirous Caves, which are one of the most spectacular natural sights in Greece. The two caverns or caves are famous for their stalactites and stalagmites and are lit with floating lights to accommodate the boat tours.  The caves are located on the west coast of the Mani.
    Greece_Peloponnese_Mani_009.tif
  • The 2nd century BC theatre. In the background is the red cliff which contains thousands of rocks cut tombs. Pinara. Turkey. The Greek styled theatre is situated at the base of the city and accommodated up to 3,200 spectators. The great red cliff which rises to a height of 500 metres and has thousands of rocks tombs and caves cut into the vertical cliff face. Pinara was one of the six principle cities of Lycia and its vast and unique site include great and rich monuments from its past. The evocative ruins of Pinara are situated on a pine forested mountain foothill 2km above the village of Minara, in the Fethiye district of Mugla Province, south-western Turkey.
    Turkey_Pinara_010.jpg
  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View of conical shaped fairy chimneys, and the volcanic rock tuff along the Rose valley in Cappadocia. Situated between Goreme and Cavusin villages, the hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds.
    Turkey-Cappadocia_046.tif
  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View of conical shaped fairy chimneys, and the volcanic rock tuff along the Rose valley in Cappadocia. Situated between Goreme and Cavusin villages, the hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds.
    Turkey-Cappadocia_050.tif
  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View of conical shaped fairy chimneys, and the volcanic rock tuff along the Rose valley in Cappadocia. Situated between Goreme and Cavusin villages, the hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds.
    Turkey-Cappadocia_045.tif
  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View of tourists hiking along the Rose valley positioned between Goreme and Cavusin villages in Cappadocia. The hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds.
    Turkey-Cappadocia_033.tif
  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View of conical shaped fairy chimneys, and the volcanic rock tuff along the Rose valley in Cappadocia. Situated between Goreme and Cavusin villages, the hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds.
    Turkey-Cappadocia_009.tif
  • Wadi al Kuf. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the spectacular scenery of the Wadi al-Kuf which stretchers for about 8 kilometres in the in Akhdar Mountains or Green Mountains. The picturesque landscape of wooded cliffs is pockmarked with caves. The Libyan resistance fighters retreated to these caves during the fierce battles against the Italian forces during the Italian occupation in 1927 and 1928. The Hollywood movie Lion of the Desert starting Anthony Quinn was filmed here and it immortalized Omar Al Mokhtar who was the famous leader of the Libyan resistance.
    Libya_Wadi_Al-Kuf_013.tif
  • Wadi al Kuf. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the spectacular scenery of the Wadi al-Kuf which stretchers for about 8 kilometres in the in Akhdar Mountains or Green Mountains. The picturesque landscape of wooded cliffs is pockmarked with caves. The Libyan resistance fighters retreated to these caves during the fierce battles against the Italian forces during the Italian occupation in 1927 and 1928. The Hollywood movie Lion of the Desert starting Anthony Quinn was filmed here and it immortalized Omar Al Mokhtar who was the famous leader of the Libyan resistance.
    Libya_Wadi_Al-Kuf_012.tif
  • Wadi al Kuf. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the spectacular scenery of the Wadi al-Kuf which stretchers for about 8 kilometres in the in Akhdar Mountains or Green Mountains. The picturesque landscape of wooded cliffs is pockmarked with caves. The Libyan resistance fighters retreated to these caves during the fierce battles against the Italian forces during the Italian occupation in 1927 and 1928. The Hollywood movie Lion of the Desert starting Anthony Quinn was filmed here and it immortalized Omar Al Mokhtar who was the famous leader of the Libyan resistance.
    Libya_Wadi_Al-Kuf_011.tif
  • Wadi al Kuf. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the spectacular scenery of the Wadi al-Kuf which stretchers for about 8 kilometres in the in Akhdar Mountains or Green Mountains. The picturesque landscape of wooded cliffs is pockmarked with caves. The Libyan resistance fighters retreated to these caves during the fierce battles against the Italian forces during the Italian occupation in 1927 and 1928. The Hollywood movie Lion of the Desert starting Anthony Quinn was filmed here and it immortalized Omar Al Mokhtar who was the famous leader of the Libyan resistance.
    Libya_Wadi_Al-Kuf_010.tif
  • Wadi al Kuf. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the spectacular scenery of the Wadi al-Kuf which stretchers for about 8 kilometres in the in Akhdar Mountains or Green Mountains. The picturesque landscape of wooded cliffs is pockmarked with caves. The Libyan resistance fighters retreated to these caves during the fierce battles against the Italian forces during the Italian occupation in 1927 and 1928. The Hollywood movie Lion of the Desert starting Anthony Quinn was filmed here and it immortalized Omar Al Mokhtar who was the famous leader of the Libyan resistance.
    Libya_Wadi_Al-Kuf_009.tif
  • Wadi al Kuf. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the spectacular scenery of the Wadi al-Kuf which stretchers for about 8 kilometres in the in Akhdar Mountains or Green Mountains. The picturesque landscape of wooded cliffs is pockmarked with caves. The Libyan resistance fighters retreated to these caves during the fierce battles against the Italian forces during the Italian occupation in 1927 and 1928. The Hollywood movie Lion of the Desert starting Anthony Quinn was filmed here and it immortalized Omar Al Mokhtar who was the famous leader of the Libyan resistance.
    Libya_Wadi_Al-Kuf_008.tif
  • Wadi al Kuf. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the spectacular scenery of the Wadi al-Kuf which stretchers for about 8 kilometres in the in Akhdar Mountains or Green Mountains. The picturesque landscape of wooded cliffs is pockmarked with caves. The Libyan resistance fighters retreated to these caves during the fierce battles against the Italian forces during the Italian occupation in 1927 and 1928. The Hollywood movie Lion of the Desert starting Anthony Quinn was filmed here and it immortalized Omar Al Mokhtar who was the famous leader of the Libyan resistance.
    Libya_Wadi_Al-Kuf_007.tif
  • Pinara. Turkey. Sarcophagus and tombs amongst ruins and rubble of the second terrace of the Acropolis of the Lycian city. Pinara. Turkey. In the background is the great red cliff which rises to a height of 500 metres and has thousands of rocks tombs and caves cut into the vertical cliff face.
    Turkey_Pinara_101.jpg
  • View above Pinara of the great red cliff which rises to a height of 500 metres and which has thousands of rocks tombs and caves cut into the vertical cliff face. Pinara was one of the six principle cities of Lycia and its vast and unique site include great and rich monuments from its past. The evocative ruins of Pinara are situated on a pine forested mountain foothill 2km above the village of Minare, in the Fethiye district of Mugla Province, south-western Turkey.
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  • View above Pinara of the great red cliff which rises to a height of 500 metres and which has thousands of rocks tombs and caves cut into the vertical cliff face. Pinara was one of the six principle cities of Lycia and its vast and unique site include great and rich monuments from its past. The evocative ruins of Pinara are situated on a pine forested mountain foothill 2km above the village of Minare, in the Fethiye district of Mugla Province, south-western Turkey.
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  • View above Pinara of the great red cliff which rises to a height of 500 metres and which has thousands of rocks tombs and caves cut into the vertical cliff face. Pinara was one of the six principle cities of Lycia and its vast and unique site include great and rich monuments from its past. The evocative ruins of Pinara are situated on a pine forested mountain foothill 2km above the village of Minare, in the Fethiye district of Mugla Province, south-western Turkey.
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  • The 2nd century BC theatre. In the background is the red cliff which contains thousands of rocks cut tombs. Pinara. Turkey. The Greek styled theatre is situated at the base of the city and accommodated up to 3,200 spectators. The great red cliff which rises to a height of 500 metres and has thousands of rocks tombs and caves cut into the vertical cliff face. Pinara was one of the six principle cities of Lycia and its vast and unique site include great and rich monuments from its past. The evocative ruins of Pinara are situated on a pine forested mountain foothill 2km above the village of Minara, in the Fethiye district of Mugla Province, south-western Turkey.
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  • Pinara. Turkey. The 2nd century BC theatre. In the background is the red cliff which contains thousands of rocks cut tombs. Pinara. Turkey. The Greek styled theatre is situated at the base of the city and accommodated up to 3,200 spectators. The great red cliff which rises to a height of 500 metres and has thousands of rocks tombs and caves cut into the vertical cliff face. Pinara was one of the six principle cities of Lycia and its vast and unique site include great and rich monuments from its past. The evocative ruins of Pinara are situated on a pine forested mountain foothill 2km above the village of Minara, in the Fethiye district of Mugla Province, south-western Turkey.
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  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View of conical shaped fairy chimneys, and the volcanic rock tuff along the Rose valley in Cappadocia. Situated between Goreme and Cavusin villages, the hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds.
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  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View of volcanic rock tuff along the Rose valley in Cappadocia. Situated between Goreme and Cavusin villages, the hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds.
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  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View of conical shaped fairy chimneys, and the volcanic rock tuff along the Rose valley in Cappadocia. Situated between Goreme and Cavusin villages, the hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds.
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  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View of elongated shaped fairy chimney along the Rose valley in Cappadocia. Situated between Goreme and Cavusin villages, the hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds.
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  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View of dovecotes hollowed into the volcanic rock tuff along the Rose valley in Cappadocia. Situated between Goreme and Cavusin villages, the hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds.
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  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View of dovecotes hollowed into a conical shaped volcanic rock tuff along the Rose valley in Cappadocia. Situated between Goreme and Cavusin villages, the hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds.
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  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View of a carved conical shaped volcanic rock tuff along the Rose valley situated between Goreme and Cavusin villages in Cappadocia. The hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds.
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  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View of tourists people walking through a tunnel along the Rose valley pathway. Situated between Goreme and Cavusin villages, the hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds.
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  • Wadi al Kuf. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the spectacular scenery of the Wadi al-Kuf which stretchers for about 8 kilometres in the in Akhdar Mountains or Green Mountains. The picturesque landscape of wooded cliffs is pockmarked with caves. The Libyan resistance fighters retreated to these caves during the fierce battles against the Italian forces during the Italian occupation in 1927 and 1928. The Hollywood movie Lion of the Desert starting Anthony Quinn was filmed here and it immortalized Omar Al Mokhtar who was the famous leader of the Libyan resistance.
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  • Wadi al Kuf. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the spectacular scenery of the Wadi al-Kuf which stretchers for about 8 kilometres in the in Akhdar Mountains or Green Mountains. The picturesque landscape of wooded cliffs is pockmarked with caves. The Libyan resistance fighters retreated to these caves during the fierce battles against the Italian forces during the Italian occupation in 1927 and 1928. The Hollywood movie Lion of the Desert starting Anthony Quinn was filmed here and it immortalized Omar Al Mokhtar who was the famous leader of the Libyan resistance.
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  • Pinara. Turkey. Sarcophagus and tombs amongst ruins and rubble of the second terrace of the Acropolis of the Lycian city. Pinara. Turkey. In the background is the great red cliff which rises to a height of 500 metres and has thousands of rocks tombs and caves cut into the vertical cliff face.
    Turkey_Pinara_102.jpg
  • Pinara. Turkey. Sarcophagus and tombs amongst ruins and rubble of the second terrace of the Acropolis of the Lycian city. Pinara. Turkey. In the background is the great red cliff which rises to a height of 500 metres and has thousands of rocks tombs and caves cut into the vertical cliff face.
    Turkey_Pinara_100.jpg
  • View above Pinara of the great red cliff which rises to a height of 500 metres and which has thousands of rocks tombs and caves cut into the vertical cliff face. Pinara was one of the six principle cities of Lycia and its vast and unique site include great and rich monuments from its past.
    Turkey_Pinara_004.jpg
  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View of conical shaped fairy chimneys, and the volcanic rock tuff along the Rose valley in Cappadocia. Situated between Goreme and Cavusin villages, the hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds.
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  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View of volcanic rock tuff along the Rose valley in Cappadocia. Situated between Goreme and Cavusin villages, the hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds.
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  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View of dovecotes hollowed into the volcanic rock tuff along the Rose valley in Cappadocia. The Dovecotes are for pigeons and their excrement is used as fertilizer by the local farmers. Situated between Goreme and Cavusin villages, the hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds..
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  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View along the Rose valley pathway with dovecotes hollowed into the volcanic rock tuff in the background. The Dovecotes are for pigeons and their excrement is used as fertilizer by the local farmers. Situated between Goreme and Cavusin villages, the hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds.
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  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View along the Rose valley pathway with dovecotes hollowed into the volcanic rock tuff in the background. The Dovecotes are for pigeons and their excrement is used as fertilizer by the local farmers. Situated between Goreme and Cavusin villages, the hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds.
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  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View of dovecotes hollowed into the volcanic rock tuff along the Rose valley in Cappadocia. The Dovecotes are for pigeons and their excrement is used as fertilizer by the local farmers. Situated between Goreme and Cavusin villages, the hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds.
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  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View of a carved conical shaped volcanic rock tuff along the Rose valley situated between Goreme and Cavusin villages in Cappadocia. The hike through the beautiful Rose valley is relativity easy for most and provides close up vistas of fairy-chimneys, dovecotes, and caves tunnels and river beds.
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  • The 2nd century BC theatre. In the background is the red cliff which contains thousands of rocks cut tombs. Pinara. Turkey. The Greek styled theatre is situated at the base of the city and accommodated up to 3,200 spectators. The great red cliff which rises to a height of 500 metres and has thousands of rocks tombs and caves cut into the vertical cliff face.
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