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Caves or
caverns are
natural voids under the Earth's surface.
Caves often form by the
weathering of rock and
often extend deep underground.
Exogene caves...
- in India.
Ajanta Caves are a
UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Universally regarded as
masterpieces of
Buddhist religious art, the
caves include paintings...
- Jain
caves. The
complex is a
leading example of
Indian rock-cut architecture, and
several are not
strictly "
caves" in that they have no roof.
Cave 16 features...
- Batu
Caves is a 325-m tall
mogote with a
series of
limestone caves in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia. It is
located about 13 km (8.1 mi)
north of the capital...
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exploring wild
cave systems (as
distinguished from show
caves). In contrast,
speleology is the
scientific study of
caves and the
cave environment. The...
- The
Mogao Caves, also
known as the
Thousand Buddha Grottoes or
Caves of the
Thousand Buddhas, form a
system of 500
temples 25 km (16 mi)
southeast of the...
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Cave 7 also
produced several inscribed potsherds and jars.: 104, 109
Cave 8 Wadi
Qumran Cave 8,
along with
caves 7 and 9, is one of the only
caves that...
- archaeology,
cave paintings are a type of
parietal art (which
category also
includes petroglyphs, or engravings),
found on the wall or
ceilings of
caves. The...
- five
Hindu caves, a few
Buddhist stupa mounds that date back to the 2nd
century BCE, and two
Buddhist caves with
water tanks. The
Elephanta Caves contain...
- The
Barabar Hill
Caves are the
oldest surviving rock-cut
caves in India,
dating from the
Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE), some with
Ashokan inscriptions,...
