722-212 - Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Here we see examples of monks' cells cut into the hillside rock among the Udayagiri and Khandagiri caves dating back to over 100 years BCE sculptured into the hillside as religious retreats for Jain devotees.

722-210 - Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Here we see examples of monks' cells cut into the hillside rock among the Udayagiri and Khandagiri caves dating back to over 100 years BCE sculptured into the hillside as religious retreats for Jain devotees.

722-211 - Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Here we see examples of monks' cells cut into the hillside rock among the Udayagiri and Khandagiri caves dating back to over 100 years BCE sculptured into the hillside as religious retreats for Jain devotees.

722-209 - Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Here we see examples of monks' cells cut into the hillside rock among the Udayagiri and Khandagiri caves dating back to over 100 years BCE sculptured into the hillside as religious retreats for Jain devotees.

722-208 - Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Here we see examples of monks' cells cut into the hillside rock among the Udayagiri and Khandagiri caves dating back to over 100 years BCE sculptured into the hillside as religious retreats for Jain devotees.

1235-1509 - Tungabhadra River and stone cut Shiva Linga, Hampi, Karnataka, India, Asia

1235-1507 - Tungabhadra River and stone cut Shiva Linga, Hampi, Karnataka, India, Asia

1235-154 - Ancient rock cut settlement, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

1235-153 - Ancient rock cut settlement, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

1235-151 - Ancient rock cut settlement, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

1235-149 - Ancient rock cut settlement, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

1235-150 - Ancient rock cut settlement, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

832-399315 - Female hands in yellow knitted sweater holding a bowl with pumpkin cream soup on dark stone background with spoon decorated with cut fresh pumpkin, top view. Autumn cozy dinner concept

832-399290 - Homemade Spanish tortilla with one slice cut - omelette with potatoes on plate on stone rustic background top view. Traditional dish of Spain Tortilla de patatas for lunch or snack, overhead

1116-49425 - Biete Gabriel Ruphael (House of the angels Gabriel and Raphael) Ethiopian Orthodox rock-cut church in the Southern Group of the Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

1116-49424 - Cruciform window in the Tomb of Adam in the Northern Group of the Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

1116-49426 - Biete Qeddus Mercoreus (House of Mark the Evangelist) Ethiopian Orthodox rock-cut church in the Southern Group of the Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

765-712 - Ildebranda Tomb, Etruscan Necropolis of Sovana, Sovana, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

765-709 - The Typhoon Tombs, Etruscan Necropolis of Sovana, Sovana, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

765-711 - Ildebranda Tomb, Etruscan Necropolis of Sovana, Sovana, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

1104-1561 - Jain images cut into the cliff rock of Gwalior Fort, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

1104-1562 - Jain images cut into the cliff rock of Gwalior Fort, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

1104-1563 - Jain images cut into the cliff rock of Gwalior Fort, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

1104-1564 - Jain images cut into the cliff rock of Gwalior Fort, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

1104-1565 - Jain images cut into the cliff rock of Gwalior Fort, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

1202-248 - A waterfall cascades down a gorge cut into coastal cliffs, at Speke's Mill Mouth, near Hartland Quay, on Devon's Atlantic coast, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

1116-46006 - Titus' Tunnel Cuts Through The Solid Rock Of The Mountain In Two Places To Provide A Water Channel To Prevent Flooding, Cevlik, Turkey

1116-46005 - Titus' Tunnel Cuts Through The Solid Rock Of The Mountain In Two Places To Provide A Water Channel To Prevent Flooding, Cevlik, Turkey

1116-44037 - Camels In Front Of The Treasury, Petra, Jordan

805-1191 - Inside Vahara Cave showing 7th century rock-cut architecture depicting Hindu Lord Vishnu, Mahaballipuram, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

832-380081 - Worship of a tiger sculpture in the Tiger Cave, Tiger Cave Temple, Wat Tham Suea, Krabi Province, Thailand, Asia

832-380826 - Sanctum, Elephant Cave Goa Gajah, stone carvings of Hindu gods, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Asia

29-5452 - White Canyon, cut in sandstone west of Natural Bridges National Monument, Canyonlands, southern Utah, United States of America, North America

785-2217 - Traditional salt pans cut into the rock on the coast of Gozo, Malta, Mediterranean, Europe

1174-4484 - Exterior view of the rock-cut architecture of Al Khazneh or The Treasury at Petra, Jordan, camels in the foreground, Petra, Jordan

1174-4487 - Exterior view of the rock-cut architecture of Al Khazneh or The Treasury at Petra, Jordan, camels in the foreground, Petra, Jordan

1174-4485 - Low angle exterior view of the rock-cut architecture of Al Khazneh or The Treasury at Petra, Jordan, Petra, Jordan

805-1103 - Part of the beautiful 7th century bas relief sculpture in the Krishna cave temple, Mahaballipuram, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

805-1104 - Part of the Pancha Rathas monument complex, dating from the 7th century, Mahaballipuram, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

805-1102 - Beautiful 7th century bas relief carved Arjuna's Penance rock, Mahaballipuram, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

805-1105 - The Bhima Ratha, part of the Pancha Rathas monument complex, dating from the 7th century, Mahaballipuram, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

746-71095 - Square rock-cut tombs, Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, river Anapo valley, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy

1109-3011 - Lycian tombs, Dalyan, Mugla Province, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

1109-3012 - Lycian tombs, Dalyan, Mugla Province, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

733-6962 - Rock-cut topography at Uchisar, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

733-6969 - Rock-cut topography at Uchisar, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

733-6963 - Rock-cut topography at Uchisar, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

733-6974 - Balloon flight over Goreme, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Goreme, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

733-6968 - Rock-cut topography at Uchisar, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

733-6967 - Rock-cut topography at Uchisar, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

733-6964 - Rock-cut topography at Uchisar, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

733-6965 - Rock-cut topography at Uchisar, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

733-6961 - Rock-cut topography at Uchisar, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

733-6966 - Rock-cut topography at Uchisar, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

733-6972 - Landscape at Goreme, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Goreme, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

733-6971 - Landscape at Goreme, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Goreme, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

1188-797 - Orthodox priest hold cross at the ancient sunken rock-hewn church of St. George in Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

1188-787 - Easter Orthodox Christian priest during religious celebrations in the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, UNESCO World Heritage Sitre, Ethiopia, Africa

801-1743 - Local man with camels, tombs in the Wadi Musa area in the background, Petra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jordan, Middle East

1113-100503 - Rock-cut tomb Ad Deir, Petra, Jordan, Middle East

1113-100498 - Rock-cut tomb Ad Deir, Petra, Jordan, Middle East

832-374149 - Man standing in Upper Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona, USA

832-377249 - Man standing in Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona

832-377276 - Hole in the rock, Jebel Uweinat, Jabal al Awaynat

832-374148 - Man looking through a hole in the rock, Jebel Uweinat, Jabal al Awaynat, Libya

805-735 - High mountain roads cut into sheer rock, Arunachal Pradesh, India, Asia

832-343056 - Tombs cut into cliffs, rock face in Petra, Jordan, Middle East

832-343055 - Tombs cut into cliffs, rock face in Petra, Jordan, Middle East

832-355572 - Mesa Arch at sunrise, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA

832-355571 - Mesa Arch at sunrise, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA

832-355161 - Castle of Predjama, Predjamski Grad, Notranjska, Slovenia

832-355163 - Castle of Predjama, Predjamski Grad, Notranjska, Slovenia

832-296200 - Old dwellings cut into the rocks near the historic city centre of Dubrovnik, Ragusa, Dubrovnik-Neretva, Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe

733-6048 - Lion Monument by Lucas Ahorn for Swiss soldiers who died in the French Revolution, Lucerne, Switzerland, Europe

733-6049 - Lion Monument by Lucas Ahorn for Swiss soldiers who died in the French Revolution, Lucerne, Switzerland, Europe

832-239038 - Light-coloured ortho gneiss, metamorphic rock, which has been deeply cut by the Verzasca River near Lavertezzo, Valle Verzasca, Ticino, Switzerland, Europe

832-210716 - Camp, tent and canoe on a gravel bar, high cut bank, river cliff, erosion, behind, upper Liard River, Yukon Territory, Canada

733-5910 - Rock Monastery, Rusenski Lom National Park, Bulgaria, Europe

832-128506 - Taelligrattunnel, a 1 km long discharge tunnel built in 1895, between Maerjelensee lake and Fiescheralp, now used as a hiking trail and short-cut, Canton of Valais, Switzerland, Europe

832-120500 - Rock cut tombs of Dalyan, Lycia, Turkey, Asia

1131-73 - Monolithic rock-cut Church of Bete Giyorgis (St. George), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lalibela, Amhara region, Northern Ethiopia, Africa

857-69240 - Men work at a limestone cooperative quarry, just outside the city of Matanzas, Cuba. The stone is cut with long-toothed handsaws, and carried through the quarry to a waiting truck.

816-3619 - Underground church, Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia, Pacific

816-3623 - Underground church, Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia, Pacific

857-26618 - Tommy Caldwell rock climbing Grand Ol' Opry 5.14b at the Monastery near Estes Park, Colorado. Caldwell is one of the worlds leading climbers, despite having cut off one of his fingers.

857-26617 - Tommy Caldwell rock climbing Grand Ol' Opry 5.14b at the Monastery near Estes Park, Colorado. Caldwell is one of the worlds leading climbers, despite having cut off one of his fingers.

1-3345 - Triumph of Shapur I, Sassanid ruler, Naqsh-e Rustam, Iran, Middle East

911-90 - Ancient stone graves at Heysham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-6112 - Steps cut into a Sandstone bluff in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

741-1123 - Beida, also known as Little Petra, Jordan, Middle East

741-1131 - The Treasury (Al Khazneh), Petra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jordan, Middle East

741-1114 - Beida, also known as Little Petra, Jordan, Middle East

741-1148 - Nabatean tombs, Petra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jordan, Middle East

741-1147 - Nabatean tombs, Petra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jordan, Middle East

741-1117 - Beida, also known as Little Petra, Jordan, Middle East

847-105 - The Royal Urn Tomb carved out of the rock face in the ancient Nabataean city of Petra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jordan, Middle East

847-104 - The Royal Tombs carved into the face of Jebel al-Khubtha in the ancient Nabataean city of Petra, UNESCOP World Heritage Site, Jordan, Middle East

847-103 - The Obelisk Tomb and Bab as-Siq Triclinium at the ancient Nabataean city of Petra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jordan, Middle East

797-8531 - Turkey, Cappadocia, Goreme, Red Valley. Hacli Kilise or The Church of the Cross. Interior of rock cut cave church on the North rim of the Red Valley with detail of ceiling fresco damaged by superstitous gouging to eradicate the evil eye.

797-8533 - Turkey, Cappadocia, Goreme, Red Valley. Hacli Kilise or The Church of the Cross. Exterior of rock cut cave church on the North rim of the Red Valley.