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Ancient Civilization Reliefs

Carvings from ancient Egyptian and Persian cultures depicting processions, rituals, and royal scenes. Intricate details highlight historical significance and artistry.

Frieze from a wall at Palace in Persepolis, a Royal Achaemenid city in the Persian Empire. The palace was built between 6th Century BC-5th Century BC
Frieze from a wall at Palace in Persepolis, a Royal Achaemenid city in the Persian Empire. The palace was built between 6th Century BC-5th Century BC
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18th Dynasty tomb of Paheri, at Elkab,south of Thebes, Egypt. dating from of the New Kingdom in the middle of the 18th Dynasty, under the reign of Thutmosis III. The tomb had already been located by the scholars of the Egyptian expedition in 1799. The titles associated with Paheri are those of nomarch (governor prince) and scribe. He is often called nomarch of Nekheb and Anyt
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Account of the supervisors for construction of the Parthenon, Athens, Greece 447/6-433/2 BC
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Ashurbanipal at the Battle of Til-Tuba by Assyrian Art / British Museum, London/ 650-620 BC/ Limestone/ The Oriental Arts/ Objects
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Elam. Moulded clay brick panel: God (bull-man) with palm-trees (symbols of fertiliy. Temple of Inshushinak, Susa, 2000 BCE. Louvre. Paris.
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Linen sash embroidered in silk thread with allegorical motifs of the Torah and the chuppah (wedding canopy). The Hebrew inscription refers to the name of the donor, Abraham ben El-Hayyim Shelit (b. 1737). Sephardic Museum. Toledo. Castile-La Mancha. Spain.
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Ancient hieroglyphs carved into weathered stone blocks at Luxor Temple, a testament to Egypt's rich history, Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt.
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Asia, Cambodia, Angkor Wat, Bayon, Relief, Pictures
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EGYPTIAN ART. EGYPT. Mandrill carved into the base of the obelisk of Ramses II. TEMPLE OF LUXOR. Ancient Thebes "Waset. New Kingdom. Egypt.
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Muraille Occidentale, Grand Temple d'Isis à Philoe; Nubie. Maxime Du Camp; French, 1822-1894. Date: 1849-1851. Dimensions: 22.5 × 17 cm (image/paper); 43 × 30.1 cm (album page). Salted paper print, plate 78 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852). Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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God of earth and spring, known as Xipe, from pyramid at Las Higueras, Veracruz, Mexico
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Iran, Fars Province, Shiraz, Persepolis, It is undoubtedly the greatest surviving masterpiece of ancient Near Eastern Civilizations, Detail of Relief Sculpture of the Procession of Tribute Bearers of the Achaemenid Empire with goats
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Bas-relief from the temple complex of Dendera; Bas relief à la Partie Postériëire du Temple Dendérah. Part of travel album with 80 photos from Egypt.
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Serdica circus poster, 4th century, Bulgarian National Archaeological Museum, Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria, Europe.
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blur in iran persepolis the old ruins historical destination monuments and ruin
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Relief. Eagle-headed god Nisroch. 9th century BC. Neo-Assyrian. Reign of Ashurnasirpal. Nimrud (ancient Kalhu). Northern Mesopotamia. Alabaster. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ny. USA.
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Elephanta Calendar; Théodule Devéria (French, 1831 - 1871); France; 1859; Albumen silver print
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Karnak. Templo de Thutmose III. Templo de Tutmosis III (o Thutmose III), Egipto.
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Fresco Panel with Two Warriors. Unknown
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Frieze from Xanthos depicting wild fowl which may have been sacrificial offerings to the deceased. Dated 470 BC
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in iran persepolis the old ruins historical destination monuments and ruin
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Tumba Amonemhat (53).
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Assyrian wall relief depicting the royal lion hunt. Assyrian, about 645-635 BC From Nineveh, North Palace.
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Part of a stele of the Code of Hammurabi. Hammurabi (c. 1810 BC - 1750 BC), was a king of the First Babylonian Dynasty, reigning from 1792 BC to 1750 BC. Hammurabi is known for the Code of Hammurabi, one of the earliest surviving codes of law in recorded history.
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Egyptian art. Talatat walls from the temple of Amenhotep IV. Composed of 283 blocks of polychromed sandstone.18th Dynasty. New Empire. Luxor Museum. Egypt.
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XVIIIe dynastie: Apis I, mort sous Aménophis III. Mariette, Auguste, 1821-1881. Prints. 1857. General Research Division. Serapeum (aqqrah, Egypt), Canopic Jars , Egypt , To 499
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Thebes. Palais de Karnak. Sculptures extérieures du Sanctuaire de granit. Artist: Maxime Du Camp (French, 1822-1894). Printer: Imprimerie photographique de Blanquart-Évrard, à Lille (French, active 1851-55). Date: 1850. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Achaemenid cylinder-seal impression referring to the Greek wars. Artist: Unknown
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Phoenician civilization, anthropoid stele in form of two human heads, from Selinunte, Sicily Region
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RELIEVE MITOLOGICO DEL INTRADOS DE UN ARCO - SIGLO I. Location: CIUDAD ROMANA. ITALIA.
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Bas-reliefs on the walls of Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Asia
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Luxor, Egypt, Africa
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Detail of relief with battle of Til-Tuba, from Palace of Ashurbanipal, ancient Nineveh, Iraq
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Ashurbanipal great lion hunt chariot with archer, Assyria.
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Reliefs and paintings in the tomb of Pharaoh Sety I, the Tomb of Apis, Dynasty 19, Valley of the Kings, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Filitosa Menhirs, Corsica, France, Europe
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Iran, Persepolis. A life-size bas-relief in a gateway at Persepolis which was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire dating back to 515 BC.
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Luxor, Egypt, Africa
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Colourful reliefs of the Moche culture on adobe walls, Huaca de la Luna, Trujillo province, Peru, South America
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Ancient relief of the Achaemenids, Meder with lance, soldier of Immortal Guard, outer wall of the Apadana Palace, archaeological site, ancient Persian city Persepolis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fars Province, Iran, Asia
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Mushussus (dragons). Ishtar gate. Babylon. Neo-Babylon. 604-562 BC. Glazed Brick. Iraq. Istanbul Archaeoligical Museum. Turkey.
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The official Isi at his offering Table. From the tomb of Isi Probably at Sakkara. Limestone. 4th Dynastry, c. 2570-2450 BC. Old Kingdom. Reliefs. Detail. Hieroglyphs. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark.
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Djehapimu sarcophagus case. High Royal official. Late Period. 746-332 BC. Granite. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany.
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GRIFO ALADO - ARTE PERSA - DECORABA LOS MUROS DEL PALACIO DE ARTAJERJES II EN SUSA - HACIA EL 400 AC. Location: MUSEO DEL LOUVRE-CERAMICA. France.
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Mesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. Ishtar Gate, one of the eight gates of the inner wall of Babylon. Built in the year 575 B.C. during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) using glazed blue brick with alternating rows of basrelief with dragons mushussu, also called sirrush, and aurochs. It was dedicated to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar. Rebuilt in 1930. A dragon. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.
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Relief Fragment Showing Waterfowl in a Clapnet ca. 2020-2000 B.C. Middle Kingdom The importance of the temple of King Mentuhotep II at Deir el-Bahri is second only to the one of King Djoser's step pyramid complex at Saqqara. Seen from its formal garden in front the monument had the appearance of a stepped structure with two superimposed terraces with colonnades, towered by a central cube-like "primeval hill," on top of which - as some scholars believe, others question - may have been a pyramid. The central "cube" was surrounded on all four sides by pillared halls. Further west, and cut into the rock face, followed an open courtyard and then Egypt's earliest hypostyle hall. At the westernmost end of this hall a niche contained a colossal statue of the king and in front of it screen walls sheltered a small sanctuary with an altar. Reliefs in the hypostyle hall were carved in sandstone, while limestone reliefs decorated the pillared halls around the central "cube" and the upper and lower
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Sculpture
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Sculpture on wall of Mahanavami Dasara Dhibba, Hampi Vijaynagar ruins, Karnataka, India Copyright: xJagannathxRaul/DinodiaxPhotox
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Esmeh, Chapiteaux; Antonio Beato (English, born Italy, about 1835 - 1906); 1860 - 1869; Albumen silver print
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Mexico, Mexico City, Twenty Two Ton Aztec Calender Stone In The National Anthropological Museum.
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Relief, representation of the Falklands War, Falklands War Memorial, Stanley, Ostfalkland, Falkland Islands, South America
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Snake-Dragon; Symbol of Marduk; the Patron God of Babylon; Panel from the Ishtar Gate; 604-562 B.C.E.; Glazed earthenware bricks Unknown artist; Babylon; Iraq
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Famous erotic stone carving bas relief panorama, Lakshmana Temple, Khajuraho, India. Unesco World Heritage Site
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Ibsamboul, Partie Méridionale Du Spéos D'Hathor; Nubie. Maxime Du Camp (French, 1822-1894); printed by the Imprimerie Photographique de Blanquart-Evrard (French, founded 1851). Date: 1849-1851. Dimensions: 16.5 × 21.8 cm (image/paper); 30 × 43 cm (album page). Salted paper print, plate 110 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852). Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Iran, Central Iran, Shiraz, Naqsh-e Rostam, Sassanian stone reliefs cut into mountain
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Egypt, The Chamber of the Ancestors from Karnak in Luxor, Thutmose III period, eighteenth dynasty