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Ancient city carved into pink sandstone cliffs with intricate architecture

Ancient city carved into pink sandstone cliffs with intricate architecture

This ancient city was hand-chiseled into pink sandstone cliffs by tens of thousands of people. It is likely that people building this ancient city designed a sort of scaffolding or platform that was used to carve these huge pillars into the cliffs. After this they covered this ancient city in stucco and painted it with vibrant colors See more

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