Ancient Reliefs and Hieroglyphs

This collection features intricate sandstone and stone reliefs depicting scenes from ancient civilizations, including Egyptian and Assyrian artistry, highlighting historical events and figures.

Close up of artwork at ancient ruins of kings at the Temple of Karnak in Luxor Egypt

detail from the Shrine of Taharqa is a sandstone shrine built by King Taharqa (690-664 BC)

Hunting Mesopotamia lion. Relief. Neo-Assyrians. Palace, Nineveh, Irak. 645-635 BC. British Museum. London.

Courtyard of the Temple of Rameses III at Medinet Habu, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. The temple has inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. Initial excavation of the temple took place sporadically between 1859 and 1899

Egypt. Necropolis of Saqqara. Mastaba of Kagemni (2350 BC). Chief Justice and vizier of the Pharaoh Teti. Relief depicting dancers. 6th Dynasty. Old Kingdom.

City under siege, Assyrian, 728 BC, from Nimrut central palace, British museum, London, England, Great Britain.

Hatshepsut crowned by goddess and Amon Ra, Karnak/Luxor, Egypt.

Ceiling frieze from the tomb of Ramesses VI. Tomb KV9 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings was originally constructed by Pharaoh Ramesses V. He was interred here, but his uncle, Ramesses VI, later reused the tomb as his own. The layout is typical of the 20th dynasty - the Ramesside period. Ramesses VI Nebmaatre-Meryamun was the fifth ruler of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt. He reigned for about eight years in the mid-to-late 12th century BC

A photograph taken of Philae, an island in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, Egypt. Philae was initially located near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt and was the site of an Egyptian temple complex. The temple complex was dismantled and moved to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project, protecting this and other compounds before the 1970 completion of the Aswan High Dam. The most ancient was a temple for Isis, built in the reign of Nectanebo I during 380-362 BC, the other ruins date from the Ptolemaic Kingdom (282-145 BC), with many traces of Roman work in Philae dedicated to Ammon-Osiris.

Close up of artwork at ancient ruins of kings at the Temple of Karnak in Luxor Egypt

Hittite art. Orthostat or stele of King Bar-Rakib (Barrakit 744-727 BC) sitting on the throne .750 BC. Zone of Sma'al /Zincirli (Turkey) to South of Turkey. Detail. Pergamon Museum. Museum Island. Berlin. Germany.

Egypt, Saqqara, Offfering scene from tomb of Ti, 5th dynasty,

attack on an enemy town Below: removal of enemy gods, Assyrian, about 745 BC From Nimrud, Central Palace, re-used in South-West Palace

'Saqqara - Tomb of Ti Mural Paintings', c1918-c1939. Creator: Unknown.

detail from the Shrine of Taharqa is a sandstone shrine built by King Taharqa (690-664 BC)

Egypt - Ancient Thebes (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979). Karnak. Temple of Khons. Sanctuary. Court. Detail of solar altar. Relief of symbols of unified Upper and Lower Egypt Seth and Horus

Temple of Kom Ombo, Upper Egypt. Constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180-47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period. The building is unique because its 'double' design meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods. The southern half of the temple was dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. the northern part of the temple was dedicated to the falcon god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder"), along "with Tasenetnofret, a special form of Hathor

Egypt - Cairo - Ancient Memphis. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979). Saqqara. Necropolis, 5th Dynasty. Funerary mastaba of Ti. Painted relief

Egypt - Ancient Thebes (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979). Fortified temple of Ramses III at Medinet Habu. Relief of hunting pharaoh

Stele of Akhenaten (Reigned c. 1351-1334 BC), I8th Dynasty. Reign of Akhenaten and Horemheb (c. 1351-1292 BC). Heliopolis. Quartzite. stela originally made for Akhenaten, was later re-used by king Horemheb who is seen offering wine and milk to the gods Atum and Hathor. Below are figures of the high priest of Heliopolis Paraemhab and a prayer to Atum

Egyptian wall relief. Depicting figures giving food and offerings. Also multiple Hieroglyphics. 26th Dynasty (approx. 600 BC) Egyptian.

Karnak. Templo de Thutmose III. Templo de Tutmosis III (o Thutmose III), Egipto.

A photograph taken of the Abu Simbel Temple, in Nubia, Southern Egypt, near the border with Sudan. The complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temple dates to the 13th century BC, during the 19th dynasty reign of the Pharaoh Ramesses II. It is a monument to the king and commemorates his victory at the Battle of Kadesh. The complex was relocated in its entirety in 1968 under the supervision of a Polish archaeologist, Kazimierz Michalowski, on an artificial hill made from a domed structure, high above the Aswan High Dam reservoir.

Egyptian Art. Egypt. Relief of the religious procession of the great bulls, to commemorate the opening of the great pylon of Luxor built by Ramses II. Priest wearing offerings in a tray. First Courtyard of Ramses II. Luxor Temple. Dynasty XIX. (1320-1200 BC) New Kingdom.

Egypt. Old Kingdom. 5th Dynasty. Mastaba of Ti. Decorative relief depicting a scene of cattle raising and fishing. Detail. Saqqara. Lower Egytp.

Side panel with inscriptions in Hieroglyphics from a colossal seated statue of an Egyptian pharaoh. Possible Amenemhat II (1919-1885 BC

Egypt. Necropolis of Saqqara. Mastaba of Kagemni (2350 BC). Chief Justice and vizier of the Pharaoh Teti. Polychrome relief depicting offering bearers. 6th Dynasty. Old Kingdom.

Relief on the pylon, Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt, Africa

Egypt. Necropolis of Saqqara. Mastaba of Kagemni (2350 BC). Chief Justice and vizier of the Pharaoh Teti. Polychrome relief depicting offering bearers. 6th Dynasty. Old Kingdom.

Abydos, Egypt, Africa bas-reliefs inside the temple of Ramses II , 1914 - Egypt - Auguste Léon - (January -February) (French - Abydos , Egypte , Afrique Bas-reliefs à l' intérieur du temple de Ramsès II). Temple, archaeological vestige, bas-relief, painted decor, Egyptian polytheism, sculpted decor, hieroglyph, religious architecture, Habitat , Architecture , Religion, Egypt, Abydos, friezes painted from the temple of Ramses II

El Templo de Edfu está ubicado en la ciudad de Edfu (Egipto), que durante el periodo grecorromano fue conocida como Apolinópolis Magna, dedicada al dios de los dioses, Horus-Apolo.

Men slaughtering a cow, relief in the tombs of Idut, Unas-Ank and Inefert, necropolis of Sakkara, Egypt, Africa

EGYPT, DENDERA, TEMPLE OF DENDERA, TEMPLE OF HATHOR, HIEROGLYPHS

Relief with protective deities, from Nineveh

Phoenician comb. 4th c. BC. From: Junon necropolis. Phoenician art. Sculpture on ivory. TUNISIA. Tunis. Bardo Museum. Proc: TUNISIA. TUNIS. Carthage.

Aswan, Egypt. Carvings depict prisoners captured in battle by Ramses II at Abu Simbel. The entire site was moved 200m in the 1960s in order to save it from the rising waters of Lake Nasser.

Philae, an island in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, Egypt. The temple complex was dismantled and moved to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project, before the 1970 completion of the Aswan High Dam. The first temple structure, which was built by native pharaohs of the 30th dynasty, was the one for Hathor. Greco-Roman era. The island temple was built during the Ptolemaic Kingdom. The principal deity of the temple complex was Isis

Temple of Horus Edfu Egypt

Relief. Winged protective genius, 8th century BC. Palace of Sargon II of Assyria. Khorsabad, Iraq. Louvre Museum. Paris, France.

Tumba de Paheri. Paheri era el nieto de Ahmose hijo de Ebana, y sirvió bajo las órdenes de Tutmosis III. Ostentó varios cargos, fue Intendente de Nekheb, así como Escriba de Amon, Tutor del Príncipe, y Jefe de los sacerdotes de la diosa Nejbet, entre otros.

Egyptian Art. Goddess Nephthys wearing a headdress in the shape of a house. Relief. Mit Rahina Open Air Museum. Memphis. Egypt.

Egypt - Ancient Thebes (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979). Luxor. Karnak. Great Temple of Amon. Hypostyle hall. Outer walls east. Relief of god Amon offering life-symbol ankh to dead pharaoh

Mastaba of Ptahhotep and Akhethotep. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Egyptian viziers. Father and son. Relief where the deceased is depicted standing with cane. Saqqara. Egypt.

Egypt. Necropolis of Saqqara. Mastaba of Kagemni (2350 BC). Chief Justice and vizier of the Pharaoh Teti. Polychrome relief depicting the cattle raising. Milking a cow. 6th Dynasty. Old Kingdom.

Tile showing a woman carrying a pot 5th-6th century India (ancient kingdom of Kashmir, Harwan) This tile decorated the courtyard of an apsidal temple at Harwan, in Kashmir. perhaps occurred in relation to the emergence of Esoteric, or Vajrayana, Buddhism. Numerals in Kharoshthi script have been incised into the tile, presumably to aid its placement.. Tile showing a woman carrying a pot 38244

Scenes from Book of Gates and Book of Secret Chambers carved on sarcophagus of King Ramses III, France, Paris, Musee du Louvre, Egyptian Art

GERMANY, EAST BERLIN, PERGAMON MUSEUM, RELIEF, ASSYRIA

Relief panel: Neo-Assyrian Date ca. 883859 B.C. Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) Assyrian

Egyptian relief

Templo de Isis. Egipto.

Cylinder seal ca. 19th century B.C.. Cylinder seal. ca. 19th century B.C.. Hematite. Old Syrian. Syria

A photograph taken within the Karnak Open Air Museum, an archaeological museum in Luxor, Egypt. It is located in the north-western corner of the Precinct of Amon-Re at the Karnak complex.

Templo de Karnak. Museo al aire libre. Egipto.

Reliefs from the Tomb of Nespekashuty 656-610 B.C. Late Period, Saite After a lapse of some three centuries in the construction of decorated tombs at Thebes, high officials of the late 25th dynasty and the 26th dynasty again built elaborate tombs in Thebes, and decorated them with fine limestone reliefs. Earlier Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom temples and tombs at Thebes offered subject matter and inflected their style. One of these impressive projects was the tomb of Nespekashuty, the vizier installed in Thebes by Psamtik I after the removal of the Kushite Dynasty by the Assyrians. First excavated by the MMA in the 1920s, recent re-clearance and conservation of the tomb have allowed a thorough study, which is forthcoming.The vizier Nespekashuty took over the terrace of a prominent Middle Kingdom Dynasty 11 tomb cut into the north cliff at Deir el-Bahri near the Dynasty 11 temple of Mentuhotep II and the Dynasty 18 temple of Hatshepsut (see 23.3.174a). The poor stone of the cliffside wa

Life in a military camp: horseman galloping, relief from the tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara, detail

Bas relief carvings on a wall of the ancient Egyptian temple at Kom Ombo.

Iran, Central Iran, Persepolis, 6th century BC ancient city, frieze, Apadan Staircase

Relief from the Temple of Philae set on an island in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, Egypt. The temple complex was dismantled and moved to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project, before the 1970 completion of the Aswan High Dam. The island temple was built during the Ptolemaic Kingdom 380-362 BC. The principal deity of the temple complex was Isis

Relief of Battle of Kadesh showing Pharaoh Rameses II in chariot fighting Hittite enemy of King Muwatallis, 1294 BC. Karnak Luxor Egypt.

Egyptian art. Great Temple of Ramses II. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Reliefs depicting Ramses II and the royal cartridges. Abu Simbel. Egypt.

A photograph taken of the Festival Hall of Thutmose III (Akh-menu) is an ancient shrine in Luxor (Thebes), Egypt. It is located at the heart of the Precinct of Amun-Re, in the Karnak Temple Complex. The Hall is situated at the end of the Middle Kingdom court. It was initially built to celebrate the Jubilee (Heb-Sed) of the 18th dynasty Pharaoh, Thutmose III, and later became used as part of the annual Opet Festival. circa 1425 BC

Fragment of relief. Assyrian horse trappings. Cavalrymen. Detail. Ca. 704-681 B.C. Metropolitan Museum. Ny. United State.

Courtyard of the Temple of Rameses III at Medinet Habu, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. The temple has inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. Initial excavation of the temple took place sporadically between 1859 and 1899

Nimrud palace wall relief (Iraq). Neo-Assyrian Empire. 875-860 BC. Alabaster. The monarch Ashurnasirpal II as a war hero in a chariot accompanied by servants. With conical crown and royal clothing. Exposition The Human Image. Organised by British Museum and "La Caixa" Foundation. Spain.

A photograph taken within the Tomb of Renni, the 'Overseer of the priests of Nekhbet' at the time of Amenhotep I at Elkab, situated 90 km to the south of Thebes. Amenhotep I was the second Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. His reign is generally dated from 1526 to 1506 BC.

Egypt, Luxor, Ancient Egypt Museum, limestone stele of Pia , 18th dynasty

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

Relief depicting a winged god stepping on a lion from the kingdom of Urartu, Armenia, Hittite civilization

Obelisco de Teodosio(1450a.c.).Jardines y esplanada del hipodromo.Sutanahmet.Estambul.Turquia.

King Ptolemy II offering eye-paint to the god Horakhte. Temple of Isis at Behbeit el-Hagar. The reign of Ptolemy II, (283-246 BC).

Limestone relief depicting list of offerings; Old Kingdom. The Old Kingdom is the period in the third millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization

Battle of Kadesh-Hittite , Ramesses, 1285 b.c. 19th dynasty.

Assyrian Archers/Khorsabad,Mesopotamia Ancient Near East Relief Iraq National Museum, Baghdad, Iraq

Prächtige Schnitzereien an den Wänden des Kagemni-Grabes in Memphis, Ägypten Everday life illustrated in carvings on walls of the tomb of Kagemni, Vizier to King Teti, in the Necropolis of Sakkara Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevenxHeapx 22739282

Ancient relief of the Achaemenids, Persians and the Medes, soldiers of the Immortal Guard on the Apadana Palace, archaeological site, ancient Persian city Persepolis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fars Province, Iran, Asia

Assyrian relief , Antiquities, Bas-reliefs, Chariots, Horses. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Temple of Ramses III. Relief depicting war prisoners. New Kingdom. (1550-1069 b.C). Twentieth dynasty. Thebes. Medinet-Habou. Egypt.

Mythological being carved in relief on the walls of the Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh. Seventh century B.C.

Detail of frieze at Temple of Karnak

EGYPT, NEAR LUXOR, GOURNA, ANCIENT HIEROGLYPHICS ON THE TOMB OF KING RAMESSES

Winged spirit from Khorsabad, Palace of Sargon. 8th cent. BC. ASSYRIA.

Asia, Middle East, Iran, Naqhsh E'Rostam. Bas-relief portraying Emperor Valerianus and Shapur

A photograph taken within the Tomb of Renni, the 'Overseer of the priests of Nekhbet' at the time of Amenhotep I at Elkab, situated 90 km to the south of Thebes. Amenhotep I was the second Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. His reign is generally dated from 1526 to 1506 BC.

The Balawat Gates, three sets of gates from Balawat, an ancient Assyrian Empire, with embossed scenes showing scenes of warfare, the presentation of tribute and hunting of Lions and bulls.

Karnak, Bas Reliefs, The Battle of Ramses / Karnak, Bas Reliefs, La Bataille de Ramses. Antonio Beato (English, born Italy, about 1835 - 1906)

Votive stela for deified Kings from the 18th Dynasty, Egypt.

Tomb of Ramesses III, Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt. reigned from 1186 to 1155 BC and is considered to be the last monarch of the New Kingdom to wield any substantial authority over Egypt. Tomb KV11 is located in the main valley of the Valley of the Kings. The tomb has been open since antiquity, and has been known variously as Bruce's Tomb (named after James Bruce who entered the tomb in 1768) and The Harper's Tomb (due to paintings of two blind harpers in the tomb).

Courtyard of the Temple of Rameses III at Medinet Habu, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. The temple has inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. Initial excavation of the temple took place sporadically between 1859 and 1899

Relief : King Ashurnasirpal II and genius 9th Century BC Kalchu (Nimrud, northern Iraq) alabaster.

Assyrian wall, circa 645-635 BC. From the North Palace in Nineveh.

Kom Ombos, Bas Reliefs; Antonio Beato (English, born Italy, about 1835 - 1906); 1880 - 1889; Albumen silver print

A photograph taken within the Tomb of Renni, the 'Overseer of the priests of Nekhbet' at the time of Amenhotep I at Elkab, situated 90 km to the south of Thebes. Amenhotep I was the second Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. His reign is generally dated from 1526 to 1506 BC.

Stele of the reign of Menmaatre Seti I, describing his military victories. 19th Dynasty, Temple of Karnak, Egypt, discovered in 2020. Seti was the second pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt, during the New Kingdom period, ruling c.1294 or 1290 BC to 1279 BC. He was the son of Ramesses I and Sitre, and the father of Ramesses II

Egyptian Art. Deceased seated next to the offerings table. Relief. Mastaba. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Necropolis of Saqqara. Egypt.

Celtic funeral stele. Warrior with ellipsoid shield. Museum: Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid.

Sogdia. Pre-Islamic Central Asia. Mural. Feasting ones "Artists". Wall painting. Glue colour on dry loess plaster. First half of the 8th C. Penjikent, Tajikistan. Sector XXIV. Chamber 1. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Detail of a relief of a delegation bearing gifts, (Apadana, East staircase) at Persepolis, Iran

View of an ancient stone carving of a bearded Persian figure wearing a distinctive hat, etched in stone, Marvdasht, Fars Province, Iran.

Egyptian museum. Plaque with vulture and cobra, limestone, 400 BC. Chr. Egyptian museum. Plaque with vulture and cobra, limestone, 400 BC. Chr.

Sarcófago de plomo, sala del Tinellet, Museu de Terrasa.

Relief of Haremhab ca. 1323-1295 B.C. New Kingdom, Amarna Period Originally dedicated by a private individual as a votive offering, this stela probably depicted Haremhab presenting papyrus umbels to one or more deities. The accompanying inscription reads "May the protection of all life be behind him forever.". Relief of Haremhab 545913

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