Stuff like this:

Cave temples at Badami, India (6th-8th centuries CE)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorcasino/sets/72157626701460264/with/5711109424/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3615/5711107000_1f7ff16318_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2315/5723949915_5c7462569f_b.jpg

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3541/5711122032_a6ebc92d07_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5302/5723966629_10ddf7b2b3_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5063/5724510370_fd4a415d0d_b.jpg

Or like this:

Rock-cut churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia (12th-13th century CE)

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6104/6228195688_974eecabb2_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/farhorizonstrips/6228195688/

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6175/6194421282_98f7ce1dac_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rod_waddington/6194421282/sizes/l/in/photostream/

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6205/6080647756_c529d845d9_b.jpg

Mogao caves, near Dunhuang, China (4th-14th centuries CE)

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/7321/624939959644280a5bf0b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clarksonlee/6249399596/

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/245/6249383164b7d95692dab.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clarksonlee/6249383164/

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/2271/62130202833eb44fb066b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65049996@N07/6213020283/

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8985/59776509469031aceae0b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/intothegreen/5977650946/sizes/l/in/photostream/

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/7366/6248898575f7feeb6265b.jpg

Nice thread!

Lalibela is truly amazing - something out of this World!

Petra

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Al_Khazneh.jpg/800px-Al_Khazneh.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Al_Khazneh.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Jordan-Petra.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jordan-Petra.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Uneishu_Tomb%2C_Petra.jpg/1024px-Uneishu_Tomb%2C_Petra.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uneishu_Tomb,_Petra.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Petra_Jordan_BW_36.JPG/1024px-Petra_Jordan_BW_36.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Obelisk_Tomb_and_Triclinium.jpg/1024px-Obelisk_Tomb_and_Triclinium.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Obelisk_Tomb_and_Triclinium.jpg

^^

More from Arabia:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/5726499421_14556edb51_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/4989487582_34ae920a2f_b.jpg

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http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/5966237913_eaff7032ec_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/55/138504254_b9dd990527_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/44/138504341_b9bf92b046_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2727/4319135846_64dc23fe10_z.jpg?zz=1

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3579/3792866862_01e378969f_b.jpg

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Thamud16.jpg/800px-Thamud16.jpg

Its interesting to see how they mixed Hellenic and Egyptian architecture.

Varzia Cave Monastery, Georgia (~1185 AD)

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6106/6256454983_88cb2816e2_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremytoday/6256454983/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3299/5846884198_df73f58c79_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25649583@N00/5846884198/in/set-72157626869791215

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5070/5846248819_ac395e3938_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25649583@N00/5846248819/in/set-72157626869791215

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2358/2337716498_260d347d40_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogoyski/2337716498/

So much über-awesome stuff, thanks! :applause: Please keep going!

Bedse caves [Buddhist monastery], Pune, India (1st cent. BCE)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fizbot/sets/72157627907249426/with/6291517085/
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/913/ouiuou.jpg

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/2890/6292037308deb390e3ddb.jpg

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/1949/629151708539f58b0eb3b.jpg

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/3256/629203646834338caf97b.jpg

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8506/6291516549afab7c3785b.jpg

That church in Lalibela is similar to the ancient Achaemenid temple in Naghsh-e-Rostam:

http://www.allempires.com/uploads/KZoroaster.jpg

http://www.allempires.com/uploads/KZoroaster.jpg

http://www.allempires.com/uploads/Naghsh-e-Rostam.jpg

http://www.allempires.com/uploads/Naghsh-e-Rostam.jpg

That temple looks constructed though. The Lalibela churches are carved.

Zagros mountain & 50,000 rock-cut monuments!

From the ancient Chinese Lung Dragons:

http://www.allempires.com/uploads/Lung1.jpg

http://www.allempires.com/uploads/Lung2.jpg

To the ancient Greek Heracles:

http://www.allempires.com/uploads/Hercul2.jpg

http://www.allempires.com/uploads/Hercul1.jpg