Eighth wonder of the world? The stunning temples secretly carved out below ground


	Eighth wonder of the world? The stunning temples secretly carved out below ground

michellezm

11-22-2007 10:51 AM

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temple, architecture, religion, eccentrics

michellezm says:

Worth reading whole article

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11-22-2007 2:06 PM

Lifestar

Fantastic clip Michelle, now I know where else I'm going next summer

Cheers!

11-22-2007 3:54 PM

boozich

WOWWW!!!!

11-22-2007 5:03 PM

Antara

same here!!! WOW is right.

11-23-2007 5:33 AM

LunaRosa

Wow! Next time I'll be near Torino I'll try to go have a look there!

11-23-2007 11:04 AM

Laustere

Gorgeous!

4-10-2008 2:12 AM

chris49

really awesome

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