Comments on: Living Rock: Massive Monuments Sculpted in Situ

By: bcpbev@yahoo.com

bcpbev@yahoo.com — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:42:59 +0000

Wow! I’m saving this e-mail. What incredible places our earth holds. I need to read this a few times to grasp the greatness of it all. Thanks, Bev

By: keper101@gmail.com

keper101@gmail.com — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:09:00 +0000

how do people make these rocks cause i would love for someone to make a rock in the shape of me. plus it really makes me want to write a five page paper on those rocks.

By: GARYJ

GARYJ — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:59:22 +0000

Thank you for sharing !
garyngi

By: CutestPrincess

CutestPrincess — Sun, 24 May 2009 16:20:48 +0000

They sound like interesting places and the pics are beautiful.

By: Pancho Manuel Juan Villa

Pancho Manuel Juan Villa — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:54:53 +0000

Thauthor has presented good pictures and discriptions of these sites however, failed to indicate the type of stratum from which they were carved.
As a Geologist visiting many of these sites and more, I can assure one, that many are fashioned from lime or sand stone an easily worked material. Primitive tools of wood or stone could have been used to eke out these structures making it not as laborious to construct as one may think. Example: refer to photos, Church of St. George and notice the smoothness of the architecture made of soft stone in the 13th century against the photo of Decebalus carved of hard rock in recent times using modern tools and note the difference in texture due to the hardness of the stone.
The ancients were\'nt naive, their intelligence told them to choose the most easily workable material available.

Respectfully,
Pancho Manuel Juan Villae

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:50:16 +0000

This site rocks!

Comment about Sal's comment. What makes you think it was a wonderful way of life. Reality was that it was a hard way of life and survival was never guaranteed.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Sat, 16 May 2009 14:45:51 +0000

Actually there was less of the slave labor going on here than you might imagine. A lot of these works were voluntary religious works with time donated and government funded paying jobs.

By: Jacey

Jacey — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:39:44 +0000

Breathtaking beauty….would be awesome to actually see these in person. Wonder why Ghost Hunters haven’t been to some of these places.

By: kingfred

kingfred — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:57:08 +0000

without your pics I never would have seen these sites…thank you…

By: keper101

keper101 — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:53:22 +0000

i love the one with the mans weird face