Ancient Religious Inscriptions

Carvings and inscriptions on stones depicting historical religious significance, showcasing the artistry of ancient cultures and their spiritual heritage.

Central America, Guatemala, Petan jungle,Tikal National Park. Stela 16. Ruins of Classic Period (300 to 900 A.D.) Mayan civilization.

Ancient monastery Noravank in Armenia Sacred place at Ancient monastery Noravank in the mountains in Amaghu valley, Armenia. Was founded in 1205. Copyright: xZoonar.com/NikolaixOkhitinx 9555846

Buddhist inscription on rock Leh Ladakh Jammu and Kashmir India Copyright: xVirenxDesai/DinodiaxPhotox

Central America, Guatemala, Petan jungle,Tikal National Park. Stela 16. Ruins of Classic Period (300 to 900 A.D.) Mayan civilization.

Tibetan script carved in rock face, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

John the Baptist / Serbian painting

Mani wall, Mani stone, Dudh Kosi valley, Solukhumbu, Khumbu, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal, Asia

in antique cemetery of turkey asia and mystery headstone

Egipto. Tumba 133 Nefer Rompet.

Egipto. Tumba 133 Nefer Rompet.

Iglesia rupestre de las tres cruces (s.VI). valle de Güllüdere.Cavusin.Capadocia.Anatolia.Turquia.

PUERTA DEL JUICIO - RESURRECCION DE LOS MUERTOS (AÑO 1200). Location: CATEDRAL. Tudela. NAVARRA. SPAIN.

WYNDHAM, WA - AUG 12 2022:Australian Aboriginal mythology of a human figure rock paintings on a rock cave in Kimberley Western Australia.

SILLARES SUELTOS CON BAJORRELIEVES VISIGODOS EN LA ERMITA DE SANTA MARIA DE QUINTANILLA DE LAS VIÑAS - SIGLO VII. Location: ERMITA DE SANTA MARIA. QUINTANILLA DE LAS VINAS. BURGOS. SPAIN.

Carving in buddhist temple Buduruvagala, Sri Lanka

Romanesque hermit from Santa Maria de Tiermes Romanesque Hermit of Santa Maria de Tiermes

Santa Maria de Eunate church , Romanesque figurative capital,, 12th century, Ilzarbe Valley, Navarra, Spain.

Broken statue in pale Buddhist cave Mahad Raigad Raigarh Maharashtra India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Mayan two-headed altar, representing the bird Muwaan, associated with the night sky and underworld. From Moral-Reforma, Tabasco, Mexico 600-900 AD

Stone engraved with buddhist mantra at dhukur pokhari pisang, Nepal, Asia Copyright: xJagannathxRaul/DinodiaxPhotox

Europe, Turkey, Eastern Anatolia, Lake Van, Ahtamar Adasi (Akdamar Island), church, Holy Cross Cathedral

Buddhist prayer mantras on stones in Tibetan Buddhism temple

The frescoes of the thirteenth-fifteenth century. in the rock church of San Nicolò. city of Modica. Ragusa. Sicily. Italy. Europe. UNESCO World Heritage Site

Carving of Gajalakshmi on Hetadage, Polonnaruwa Ancient City, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Carving of Gajalakshmi on Hetadage, Polonnaruwa Ancient City, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 21646379

in antique cemetery of turkey asia and mystery headstone

Natha Siddha panels on inner side of wall, Gaur Lena, Panhale Kazi caves number twenty-nine, Konkan, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xHemantxPatil/DinodiaxPhotox

EL BUEN PASTOR - DETALLE DEL SARCOFAGO PALEOCRISTIANO DE ECIJA - SIGLO V. Location: HOLY CROSS CHURCH, ECIJA, SEVILLE, SPAIN.

Peru, Cusco, Inca wall with holy dodecagonal stone

Segment from larger plaque 540 B.C. Dead Sacrifice: priest with big wig, followed by two priests praying barren.

Saint Barbara Church, interior, Goereme National Park, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia

Gravestone with Hebrew inscription, Jewish cemetery Remuh, Kazimierz, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Krakow, Poland, Europe

Stone mayan god on the wall of piramid in Edzna, Campeche, Mexico

The Tjängvide image stone, listed in Rundata as Gotland Runic Inscription 110 or G 110, is a Viking Age image stone from Tjängvide which is about three kilometres west of Ljugarn, Gotland, Sweden.

Church, wall, graffiti, stone

SEPULCRO DE GUILLERMO RAMÓN DE MONCADA Y SU ESPOSA CONSTANZA DE ARAGÓN. Location: CATEDRAL VIEJA. Lerida. SPAIN.

Egipto. Tumba 155 Antek. Campaña Djehuty 2012. Tumba de ínter (TT-155).

Hieroglyphic writing. Royal protocol of Ramses II. Fifth title of the Pharaoh: son of Ra.19th Dynasty (1320-1200 b.C.). New Empire. Egypt.

Tibetan script carved on a rock, Chemre Gompa Monastery near Leh, Ladakh district, Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia, Asia

Georgia, Kakheti. A close-up of carved stone characters at the David Gareja Monastery.

CRISMON TRINITARIO CON UN AGNUS DEI EN EL CENTRO - DETALLE DE UN LATERAL DEL SARCOFAGO DE DOÑA SANCHA - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO ARAGONES. Author: MAESTRO DE DOÑA SANCHA. Location: REAL MONASTERIO DE BENEDICTINAS. Jaca. SPAIN.

Sun gate with ornamental figures from the pre-Inca period, Tihuanaku, Tiawanacu, Tiahuanaco, La Paz, Bolivia, South America

Angel with wings, Seljuk period, 13th century Ince Minare Medresesi, Konya, Turkey, Konya, Turkey, Asia

Gravestones in cemetery

EL SACRIFICIO DE ISAAC - DETALLE DEL SARCOFAGO PALEOCRISTIANO DE ECIJA - SIGLO V. Location: HOLY CROSS CHURCH. ECIJA. Seville. SPAIN.

The Bayon temple (late 12th century-early 13th), Angkor Thom, Angkor, Cambodia

Guatemala, Quirigua Mayan Ruins Archaeological Park (UNESCO). Ruins of a once prosperous capital city, inhabited since the 2nd century A.D. Detail of ornately carved stone stele. (Large format sizes available)

USA, Utah. Head of Sinbad Panel pictographs in San Rafael Swell Recreation Area.

Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Yevpatoria. Dervish Tekke monastery. 15th century. Steles.

Stucco mask of the God of the Rising Sun, Templo de Mascarones (Temple Of Masks), archaeological site of Edzna, Campeche, Mexico. Mayan civilization.

Detail, relief of deities on the terrace of the Leper King, Angkor Thom, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia

ARTE PRECOLOMBINO. GUATEMALA. MAYA. TIKAL. PIEDRA-ALTAR en la que aparece el rey JASAW CHAN K'AWIIL junto a un reyezuelo, dirigiendo un ritual sobre los huesos de una mujer maya de clase alta. Año 711. Periodo clásico temprano.

Procession of the Hittite Pantheon, Yazilikaya, Rock Sanctuary of the Hittites, Turkey, Yazilikaya, Turkey, Asia

Central America, Belize, Chiquibul Forest Reserve, Caracol. Ruins of Classic Period (300 to 900 A.D.) Mayan civilization. Detail of carvings at Plaza B, The Great Plaza.

Rock art pictographs of the Cochimi people, Cueva del Raton, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sierra de San Francisco, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Nepal Mani stones on a Mani Wall in Khumjung Solukhumbu, remote, Mt Everest, Himalayas

SEPULCRO DE SANTA FROILA EN LA CAPILLA DE SAN FROILAN - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO ESPAÑOL. Location: CATEDRAL. LUGO. SPAIN.

Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda. India, Andhra Pradesh, Goli Village, 300-350. Sculpture. Limestone

Greek orthodox shrine in the mount in Turkey

The Church of the Madonna del Parto, Sutri, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Mongolia, Steppeland. Image of a Buddha carved onto a rock face in the Steppeland.

Kragstein an der Wand corbel on the wall, Basilica of San Martino de Mondonedo, Montonedo, Lugo, Galicia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22761734

Stone statue of a god in Byblos, Lebanon

North America, Mexico, Yucatan, Chichen Itza. the nunnery

Newspaper Rock, Anasazi Indian petroglyphs showing anthropomorphs (human-like figures), zoomorphs (animal-like figures) and katsinas (spiritual figures), Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA, North America

Close_up of Christian carvings on architectural remains at the cruciform church at St. Simeon, dating from between 476 and 491, Dead City region, nort...

Gravestone in Ahlat cemetery, Turkey, Asia

Gal Pota - stone tablet with ancient incsriptions. Pollonaruwa, Sri Lanka

CRUZ LABRADA EN EL MURO DEL SANTUARIO. Location: MONTE NEBO-DONDE MOISES VIO LA TIERRA PROMETIDA. Nación.

Pre historic rock paintings at Porivarai in Karikkiyoor, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

blason, Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste, 15th century, de la Vera region, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

Mantra chisled in rock Kyi Chu valley Tibet China

Stucco Mask, Sun God Representing the Sunset, Edzna Archaeological Zone, Campeche State, Mexico

Hand signs on a rock, Cave of the Hands, Pinturas River, Patagonia, Argentina

Unna's Rune Stone. Christian cross and serpent with rune writing. Torsatra, Uppland. Historical Museum. Stockholm. Sweden.

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Patagonia, Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina

Petroglyph Bronze age Petroglyphs in Aby on the Swedish west coast Copyright: xZoonar.com/ThomasxMalesxThomasxMalesx 16160193

Fragment from a Two-Sided Sanctuary Screen with Birds Eating Grapes 5th-6th century This fragment was probably part of the waist-high screen that separated the congregation (in the nave of the church) from the clergy (in the sanctuary). This side would have faced the congregation and shows birds eating grapes, a symbolic allusion to the Eucharist.. Fragment from a Two-Sided Sanctuary Screen with Birds Eating Grapes 456140

laberinto espiral del enpedrado, Ermita de la Virgen de Lomos de Orio, barroca del siglo XVII, Parque Natural Sierra Cebollera, Rioja, Spain.

IGLESIA MOZARABE LAPIDA EN EL MURO. Location: MONASTERIO. LEON. SPAIN.

Baptistery wall painting: Procession ofwomen

Arqueta gótica de Alcover, latón estampado sobre lámina de madera, siglo XIV, Iglesia parroquial de Alcover, Tarragona.

Stone tablet anjaneri nashik Maharashtra India Asia Copyright: xAnirudhaxCheoolkar/DinodiaxPhotox

Genova Municipal Cemetery Genova Municipal Cemetery, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21685358

Kartsuche at a Nabataean tomb at Djabal Al-Ahmar, Hegra or Madain Salih, AlUla region, Medina province, Saudi Arabia, Arabian Peninsula, Asia

Guatemala, Izabal, Quirigua National Park. Mayan archaeological site from the Classic Period (AD 200-900). Altar O (Large format sizes available).

Maya, Copan, Honduras

Bell (Mother of God with the Child, standing) parish church Nativity of Miss Maria, Libusza

Statue of an elephant immersed in turmeric powder at the Jejuri temple, Pune, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

Islamic tomb stones in a Fatih cemetery, Istanbul Turkey

Stone plaque outside the Church of the Nativity, Arbanassi, Bulgaria

Tomb-sanctuary Nemrut Dagi, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia

Symbolic scene. Assyrian, about 865-860 BC. King Ashurnasirpal appears twice, dressed in ritual robes and holding the mace symbolising authority.

Stecak tombstones at Radimlja necropolis, Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Egypt. Tomb of Ramses IV, Valley of the Kings, Nile River. (Editorial Use Only)

joined hands, Llucmajor cemetery, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Statues of gods of Easter Island Statues of the gods of Easter Island. Ancient statues of ancient civilization on Easter Island. Copyright: xZoonar.com/DenisxPomortsevx 16508243

Cave cut into sandstone hill 5 kms from vidisha gupta shrines showing panel figures, Udaygiri, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

The rock church of Madonna delle tre Porte, The Madonna of the Three Doors, Murgia Plateau, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Europe.

Carving on a stone, Gallarus Oratory, County Kerry, Ireland

SEPULCRO EN LA FACHADA DE SAN FELIX. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN FELIX. GERONA. SPAIN.

Old Tibetan script on rocks Kyang Nar-Phu Annapurna Region Nepal

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