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In 1785, Paris decided to solve the problem of its overflowing cemeteries by exhuming the bones of the buried and relocating them to the tunnels of several disused quarries, which were consecrated as a cemetery. It is estimated that about one million bodies are buried here. Paris, France.
Old underground passage, dungeon, catacombs lined with stones and slabs with paths from speleologists (spelunking)
Old man reading a bible in a rock-hewn cavity next to the most famous (Saint Giorgis) church of Lalibela, Ethiopia.\n[url=/search/lightbox/21511?refnum=lingbeek][img]http://lingbeek.com/lb/ADD.jpg[/img][/url]\n\n[url=/search/lightbox/916032?refnum=lingbeek][img]http://lingbeek.com/lb/christ.jpg[/img][/url]\n\n[url=file_closeup.php?id=2906597][img]file_thumbview_approve.php?size=1&id=2906597[/img][/url] [url=file_closeup.php?id=4587594][img]file_thumbview_approve.php?size=1&id=4587594[/img][/url] [url=file_closeup.php?id=4587206][img]file_thumbview_approve.php?size=1&id=4587206[/img][/url] [url=file_closeup.php?id=4587685][img]file_thumbview_approve.php?size=1&id=4587685[/img][/url] [url=file_closeup.php?id=4587072][img]file_thumbview_approve.php?size=1&id=4587072[/img][/url] [url=file_closeup.php?id=2906215][img]file_thumbview_approve.php?size=1&id=2906215[/img][/url] [url=file_closeup.php?id=2905919][img]file_thumbview_approve.php?size=1&id=2905919[/img][/url] [url=file_closeup.php?id=2905885][img]file_thumbview_approve.php?size=1&id=2905885[/img][/url] [url=file_closeup.php?id=2410308][img]file_thumbview_approve.php?size=1&id=2410308[/img][/url] [url=file_closeup.php?id=2892759][img]file_thumbview_approve.php?size=1&id=2892759[/img][/url] [url=file_closeup.php?id=4587639][img]file_thumbview_approve.php?size=1&id=4587639[/img][/url] [url=file_closeup.php?id=563255][img]file_thumbview_approve.php?size=1&id=563255[/img][/url]
view into a stony catacomb under ground
Fortifications in the form of round pear-shaped pillars made of saw shell rock in the Odessa catacombs
Miners working at Simmer & Jack gold mine in Germiston, South Africa. Vintage photo etching circa 19th century.
Phrygian Valley is a huge civilization and an exquisite geography, located between Eskiehir - Kütahya - Afyon, where Phrygians carved houses, castles and monuments into the rocks 3000 years ago.
Cisterns and tunnels dating back to the Greek period, used as bomb shelters during WWII
Kyrenia, Cyprus - March 12, 2016: Saint Hilarion castle view in Northern Cyprus. The Saint Hilarion Castle lies on the Kyrenia mountain range, in Cyprus near Kyrenia. Saint Hilarion was built there in the 10th century.
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Abandoned prospecting adit. Tunnel at limestone at abandoned mine.
Dublin, Ireland - July 16, 1986: 1980s old Positive Film scanned, Newgrange prehistoric monument, County Meath, Ireland.
The ancient Christian cemetery (catacombs) at Rabat, Malta
Rifugio antiaereo di Nera Montoro in Umbria
ODESSA, Ukraine - DECEMBER 22, 2018: Odessa catacombs, 18th-19th century drawings on the walls, quarrying stone for building houses, Odessa Ukraine
Pilar de Carlos V (Fountain of Charles V) at Alhambra in Granada, Spain. Vintage halftone photo etching circa 19th century. Extensive restorations were done in early 20th century, radically changing the location.
Underground burial chambers in the St. Pauls Catacombs at Rabat, Malta
Derinkuyu cave city in Cappadocia Turkey
Several burials in one of the halls in ancient burial ground of the Beit Shearim Necropolis near Kiryat Tivon city in northern Israel
Native tehuelche's cave, now it's an aoutdoor restaurant - Calafate - Patagonia
Chalky mine tunnel with traces of drilling machine, Belgorod, Russia.
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A tunnel carved into shell rock, Odessa catacombs of the 18th century, Ukraine
Ruins in Delhi, India during the british era. Vintage halftone circa late 19th century.
Uplistsikhe, an ancient cave city in Georgia, one of the first cities on the territory of GeorgiaUplistsikhe, an ancient cave city in Georgia, one of the first cities on the territory of Georgia\nUNESCO World Heritage Site
Ceiling details at Yungang Grottoes, ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes built during the Northern Wei dynasty near the city of Datong, in the province of Shanxi. They are excellent examples of rock-cut architecture and one of the three most famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites of China. The others are Longmen and Mogao.
Okinawa japanese
Derinkuyu  also known as Elengubu,  Derinkuyu Yeralt Sehri, is an ancient multi-level underground city near the modern town of Derinkuyu in Nevehir Province, Turkey.  The underground city at Derinkuyu could be closed from the inside with large rolling stone doors.  It is the largest excavated underground city in Turkey and is one of several underground complexes found throughout Cappadocia.
Old cave or catacomb in black and white colors.
Terni, Umbria, Italy - 17, April 2024: Anti-aircraft shelters from the Second World War in the center of the city
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