In the Middle Ages, the hoax touched everything that was incomprehensible and inaccessible. The Bible increased the number of miracles, without explaining them, only excited the imagination of the poor man in the street.
Water carved out of the rock by the almighty God. V. Kh. von Hochberg, 1675
Moses blows water out of the rock with a stroke of his staff. Taken from the old Piscator Bible. Private collection.
Miracle? Of course, not for the ancient rock carvers. If they took mountain material for construction, then they should have known that there are voids in the rocks through which the water rushes up and looks for a way out by itself, they just need a little help.
"Initiates" in order to carve a window in the rock did not need much effort and magic wand, the material was malleable "Granite is not igneous rock", and holes in the rock were made of any shape.
Cappadocia. Turkey. The rock once cracked, could not withstand the pressure of water. Locals call these holes in the rocks of Turkey "magic chimneys".
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Peru. Tourists have found a portal to other worlds in this rock.
Lycian Tombs. Guides everywhere show tourists the windows-water conduits in the rocks like tombs.
Naqsh-e-Rustam in Iran is considered “the most stunning cemetery in the world”, where Persian kings are buried.
A similar rock in Kermanshah, Iran.
Petra, Saudi Arabia.
Ellora Caves in India.
From reliefs on rocks in the form of "temples" to real "temples" with columns and gutters, erected on rocky foundations, is one step.
Temple of Queen Hatshepsut in Egypt.
The only surprise is that they knew how to carve water out of the rock, as well as to build from unhardened rock material, in different parts of the world. How knowledge was shared is unknown.
There are numerous holes in the rocks in Mexico, Peru, Indonesia. Many water sources are still in operation.
A real creation of God - natural sources of water gushing from the rock..