The Longyou caves [China, 1st-2nd c AD]

House of the Sun ^ | prior to November 28, 2018 | unattributed, www sources

[gnarledmaw]

Yknow, I was thinking too, this is in Southeast China on the Quijang River, no? Wouldnt that be like the people of Lousiana or Florida building cisterns? In a place like Petra extreme community based water collection and conservation makes sense, at this location, not so much.

[Larry Lucido]

a man made cave

A man-cave.

[Drumbo]

Someone has to do it:

[wildbill]

Ceilings that high would be unworkable as warehouses for arms or food IMO.

Cisterns that big would indicate a huge population to be served and the fact that nothing has been found in the way of a major city nearby. In fact, the article says the area has had no traces of population until very recently.

This is the kind of overbuilding similar to the huge stones at Baalbeck in Lebanon and other ancient sites around the world. Sure, you COULD use them to build something but even if you were SMART enough and had the technology to carve and move them, why would you use such a large size. Smaller would serve the same purpose and take much less work. The same applies to these caves.

Genesis offers an explanation that tried to explain the obvious problems of the giant artifacts known to the writer(s)—There were giants in the earth in those days...

[Grimmy]

Thanks for the ping.

This cave system is just weird enough to be interesting.