Water and rock

العربية

Two places in Aaqoura tell different stories about stone. At Roueiss, water follows fractures through limestone. Cave surveyors mapped the changes in direction of the underground passages against faults in the rock.

In the village, the church of Mar Boutros and Mar Boulos is cut into the rock itself. The cave records what moving water can do over time; the church records a choice people made about where and how to worship.

The Roueiss cave survey · Churches and landscape of Aaqoura

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