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These pictures were taken at Jiaohe ("Confluence of two Rivers"). The town was built on a mesa with most of the buildings cut straight into the rock. There was a children's graveyard somewhere in the town, and then what was presumably the adults' graveyard at the far end. The graves were marked by small mounds of dirt over them. At the edge of one side of the mesa were several of these odd stairways that led to nothing. I think the one on the right gives the clearest view. A stairway cut into the rock at the edge of the mesa and a doorway that opens onto the cliff face. They were very regular in size, but while some opened straight out, others turned at the end (see left). I haven't found any information regarding them, but would be interested if anyone knows anything. |
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