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(#2) Ellora
Ellora in India is home to some of the most astounding rock carvings in the world. All up and down the hillside are intricate carvings that make up three different temples, each dedicated to a different religion.
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(#17) Bandelier National Monument
Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico is the former home of ancient indigenous North American peoples. The site features homes carved out of the rock, as well as presumably decorative paintings and carvings on the wall. This place is especially cool because there are very few like it in America.
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(#22) A Chinese School
High up in the mountains of China, several school kids defy any fear of heights by walking a narrow carved path some 5,000 feet in the air. They do it to reach their school, which is just as high up on the cliff. Luckily, their are no stories of children dying on their way to this school.
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(#7) Yunak Evleri
Yunak Evleri is actually a luxury hotel located in the ancient village of Urgup, Turkey. The hotel is made up of cave houses carved into the cliffs and dates back to the 5th and 6th centuries.
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(#14) Matera
Matera is a town in Italy that is carved almost entirely out of the rocky mountain. The views from the village are spectacular, but even more impressive is that several of the homes in Matera have been occupied for thousands of years.
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(#13) Petra
Jordan's Petra isn't just a single mountain monument, it is an entire city carved out of stone. It houses some of the most impressive structures in the world, and has been around for almost two and a half millenia.
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Nothing else can have diverse species and landscapes like mountains and cliffs. The continents move and form spectacular mountains and cliffs, the process sometimes even needs thousands of years, then incredibly huge natural sculptures were created. Mountains in different regions are surrounded by diverse vegetation. Visitors can enjoy the vast natural landscape, and there are also some towering mountains that humans cannot conquer.
Nothing on earth is as fascinating as mountains, ranging from small but perfectly shaped peaks to the highest peaks towering into the clouds. With the random tool, we travel around the world and discover some interesting stories about the most magnificent mountains and cliffs in the world.
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