PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to History Ruins@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoAncestral Pueblo ruins at Mesa Verde, USAlemmy.worldimagemessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down10
arrow-up191arrow-down1imageAncestral Pueblo ruins at Mesa Verde, USAlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to History Ruins@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squareN0t_5ure@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoThat’s amazing. Did they just carve it all out of the cliff?
minus-squareCrikeste@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoThey build them with the rocks surrounding. These cliff faces will break off and shatter, leaving bunches of flat rocks that can be stacked and mortared together. If you zoom in, you can see the speckles of different colors in the walls. I was there just last year. It’s amazing.
That’s amazing. Did they just carve it all out of the cliff?
They build them with the rocks surrounding. These cliff faces will break off and shatter, leaving bunches of flat rocks that can be stacked and mortared together. If you zoom in, you can see the speckles of different colors in the walls.
I was there just last year. It’s amazing.
Cool, thanks!