Ancient Religious Artwork

Historical murals and carvings from churches and temples showcasing religious figures and colorful designs in ancient sites across different cultures.

Ohrid, North Macedonia. Murals in the Church of the Virgin Mary Peribleptos, a Byzantine Orthodox Church in Ohrid. (Editorial Use Only)
Ohrid, North Macedonia. Murals in the Church of the Virgin Mary Peribleptos, a Byzantine Orthodox Church in Ohrid. (Editorial Use Only)
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Nepal, Mustang, monastery
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Ellora caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Maharashtra, India. Kailash temple. Monolithic elephant ceremonial procession
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Phimai Khmer Sanctuary, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand
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Abbey church of Saint_Savin sur Gartempe, known as the Romanesque Sistine Chapel, contains many 11th and 12th century murals, UNESCO World Heritage Si...
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A cliff painted with images that reflect the moment of the circumcision of boys (8-12 in age) at the Dogon village of Songho in the Bandiagara Escarpment (UNESCO World Heritage site) in the Dogon country in Mali, West Africa.
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Hpa-An, Kawgun Cave, Buddha statue image, limestone, Kayin (Karen) State, Myanmar (Burma)
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A procession of musicians in Room 1, Temple of Murals, Bonampak Archaeological Zone, Chiapas, Mexico, North America
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Asie; Myanmar,Shan States,Inle Lake area; Thousands of small Buddha statues, which have been donated by the local and foregin pilgrims, and some unusual small, brick corridors. Notice the floor, made out of beautiful tiles in small chamber in Shwe Yaunghwe Kyaung monastery
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Buddha statues and murals in one of the cave temples of the Golden Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Dambulla, Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia
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Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. Sunrise light on statues of Ptah, Amun, Ramesses II, and Ra in the Holiest of Holies in the Great Temple of Ramesses II. (Editorial Use Only)
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Sheshashahi Vishnu relief in Bhootnath temple, Karnataka, India, Asia Copyright: xHarshalxSathe/DinodiaxPhotox
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Sitting Lord Buddha s Stupa one of many Stupas of lord inside UNESCO World Heritage site Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra, India Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox
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Statues and painted roof in natural cave in granite, Cave No 2, Maharaja Viharaya Temple of the Great King, Royal Rock Cave Temples, Dambulla, Sri Lan...
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Crypt of the Basilica of Santa Eulalia in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. Crypt of Santa Eulalia. Ancient Paleochristian necropolis located under the Basilica of Santa Eulalia in Merida. Extremadura. Spain. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RudolfxErnstx 18405451
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Apsaras, Bas-relieves, The Bayon, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia,
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Thailand, Bangkok, Wat Phra Kaeo Close Up Statue Of A Horseman Set Into An Alcove Of A Decorative Building
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Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Bombay; possibly Samuel Bourne (English, 1834 - 1912); Bombay, India; about 1869; Albumen silver print
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India, Mahrshtra, Ellora, Buddhist temple
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Cave cut into sandstone hill 5 kms from vidish gupta shrines no 3 showing god inside temple, Udaygiri, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox
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Photograph of the carved relief of a Fravashi (the Zoroastrian concept of a personal spirit or soul), at Persepolis, Iran.
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Meeting area (Casa palava)-symbols of beings that protect meeting areas in the Dogon Village built into cliff at the base Bandiagara plateau , designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1989
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seated Buddha, thirty-three meters tall, underground palace, Oriental Buddha Park, Leshan city, Sichuan, China, Asia.
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Ancient Hillside Stone Carving of Shakyamuni Buddha Repaying His Parents’ Kindness - Baodingshan, Dazu, China
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USA, Arizona, Tucson, mission in the sun
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Fish fountain in the Mercedarian convent, church of La Merced, Antigua Guatemala, department of Sacatepéquez, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.
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ITALY. Rome. Catacombs of Priscilla. Three Hebrews in the furnace. Decoration of the cublicle of the chapel of rest. Paleo-christian art. Fresco.
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seated Buddha, thirty-three meters tall, underground palace, Oriental Buddha Park, Leshan city, Sichuan, China, Asia.
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Restoring the inner frescoes of San Ignacio de Velasco's mission.
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Woman in mosque; Yaama, Niger
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Gregorian Egyptian Museumn Musei Vaticani, State of the Vatican City, Roma, Lazio, Italia.
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Exterior Frescoes, Voronet Monastery, 1487, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gura Humorului, Suceava County, Romania, Europe
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Patrauti church, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Suceava, Bucovina, Romania, Europe
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Dhammayangyi Temple Bagan Myanmar
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Panel Close-up of Pictographs, human like figures
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Tourists admiring fresco and paintings inside Abuna Yemata Guh church, Gheralta Mountains, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, Africa
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Wooden carved bird inside a Wat in the former Provincial town of LUANG PROBANG - LAOS
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Rock hewn monolithic church of Bet Golgotha (House of Golgotha Mikael), known for its arts and said to contain the tomb of King Lalibela) in Lalibela , Ethiopia
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Entrance to the episcopal crypt, grave slab with relics of Bishop Meinwerk, crypt, Paderborn Cathedral, Ostwestfalen-Lippe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Tourists photograph and admire ancient Christian frescos inside the Sumela Holy Virgin Monastery founded by St. Barnabas in the 4th Century in the mountains behind Trabzon, Turkey on the Black Sea.
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Guide shows Inscription at Mastaba near Saqqara Step Pyramid of Pharaoh Djoser, Egypt, Saqqara
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Greek Orthodox Sumela Monastery, Frescoes, Trabzon, Turkey, Asia
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France, Midi-Pyrenees, Gers(32) Valence-sur-Baise, Flaran abbey
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Head of sideways Medusa Medusa Sculpture in Basilica Cistern,an underground water reservoir and popular destination Istanbul, Turkey.11 April 2018. Basilica Cistern,an underground water reservoir in Istanbul
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Egypt, Sand is cleared from mummies of a married couple
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Tourists at the Jain Temple, Ranakpur, Rajasthan, India.
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Tourist guide shows relief in Mastaba, near Sakkara, Egypt, Africa
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Coatlicue mother goddess or `Doce ca̱aså«, National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City. Mexico
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Namaz at Jama Masjid Mosque, Old Delhi, India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox
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England, London, The Strand, The Temple Church, Effigies of The Knights Templar
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woman exploring the temple of Horus close to the river Nile / Egypt
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Tomb of Saint Pelagoius, crypt, cathedral inside, Constance, Lake of Constance, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
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The Djed pillar a symbol in Ancient Egypt, representing stability. It is associated with the creator god Ptah and Osiris. Wall painting in the Egyptian god of the afterlife, the underworld, and the dead Wall Painting Inside the tomb (QV66) of Nefertari, in Egypt's Valley of the Queens. It was discovered by Ernesto Schiaparelli in 1904. It is called the Sistine Chapel of Ancient Egypt. In the Valley of the Queens, Nefertari's tomb once held the mummified body and representative symbolisms of her, like what most Egyptian tombs consisted of. Now, everything had been looted except for two thirds of the 5,200 square feet of wall paintings. ca. 1255 BC
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Mexico, Federal District, Mexico City, Group of visitors looking at mural by Diego Rivera depicting life before the Conquest in the Palacio Nacional.