Cappadocia dwellings

Central Cappadocia, near Goreme.  Homes, monasteries, convents and churches were hewn out of the rock.

While the outside of the cave churches aren't much to look at, here's a peek at the inside of one of them.  Notice their eyes have been removed over the years.  A dollar to anyone who can guess why.

Comments

[Ian McKenzie]

Precious stones?

[Raspberry Rabbit]

My money's on Muslim dispproval of art portraying human figures.

[joseph]

RR gets part of the prize. A good deal of the damage was done by Muslims out of a belief that such images were forbidden by Koranic standards. There was also some damage done during the iconoclastic controversies.