Ancient Religious Murals

Historical murals depicting religious themes and figures, showcasing intricate craftsmanship from various ancient cultures and landmarks.

Myanmar, Burma, Wun nyat. A very old mural at Wun nyat monastery depicting the Palace of Khymer, implying that the nearby Loi people originally came from Khymer.

Viharn Nam Taem is thought to be the oldest surviving wooden building in Thailand. Wat Phra That Lampang Luang was built in the 15th century and is a wooden Lanna-style temple found in the Ko Kha district of Lampang Province.

The Sulamani Temple was built in 1183 by King Narapatisithu (r. 1174 - 1211). Bagan, formerly Pagan, was mainly built between the 11th century and 13th century. Formally titled Arimaddanapura or Arimaddana (the City of the Enemy Crusher) and also known as Tambadipa (the Land of Copper) or Tassadessa (the Parched Land), it was the capital of several ancient kingdoms in Burma.

Bas-relief in interior of 4th century Geghard Monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kotayk Province, Yerevan, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia

Reneni fue Nomarca de la ciudad de Nejeb durante el reinado de Amenhotep I y también Supervisor de los sacerdotes de la diosa Nejbet.

A photograph taken within Tomb KV8, located in the Valley of the Kings, used for the burial of Pharaoh Merenptah of Ancient Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty. Merneptah or Merenptah (reigned July or August 1213 BC - May 2, 1203 BC) was the fourth ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt.

The Bayon was originally the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII. The Bayon, at the centre of Angkor Thom (Great City), was established in the 12th century by King Jayavarman VII. Angkor Thom, meaning The Great City’, is located one mile north of Angkor Wat. It was built in the late 12th century CE by King Jayavarman VII, and covers an area of 9 km², within which are located several monuments from earlier eras as well as those established by Jayavarman and his successors. It is believed to have sustained a population of 80,000-150,000 people. At the centre of the city is Jayavarman's state temple, the Bayon, with the other major sites clustered around the Victory Square immediately to the north. Angkor Thom was established as the capital of Jayavarman VII's empire, and was the centre of his massive building programme. One inscription found in the city refers to Jayavarman as the groom and the city as his bride. Angkor Thom seems not to be the first Khmer

Egipto. Tumba 133 Nefer Rompet.

trifont image, Romanesque church of San Martin de Tours of Artaiz, Unciti valley, Artaiz, Navarra, Spain.

Viharn Nam Taem is thought to be the oldest surviving wooden building in Thailand. Wat Phra That Lampang Luang was built in the 15th century and is a wooden Lanna-style temple found in the Ko Kha district of Lampang Province.

Myanmar, Burma, Wun nyat. A very old mural at Wun nyat monastery depicting the Palace of Khymer, implying that the nearby Loi people originally came from Khymer.

Eurasia, Caucasus, Armenia, Kotayk province, Geghard monastery, Unesco World Heritage Site

INTERIOR-1216-RESTOS DE PINTURA AL FRESCO EN LOS MUROS-PANTOCRATOR-S XIII-ROMANICO ESPAÑOL. Location: MARIENKIRCHE. CASTRELOS. Pontevedra. SPAIN. JESUS. CRISTO EN MAJESTAD.

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

CUEVA DE SIETE ALTARES, ANTIGUA ERMITA O SANTUARIO DE EREMITAS VISIGODOS (S. VII), CON RESTOS DE PINTURAS RUPESTRES. PROYECTO SIGAREP II.

Blackfeet painted buffalo hide decorated with a quilled stripe down the middle that was worn as a robe

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).

Some of the 2,000 stone carved bas relief Apsaras (dancing celestial maiden) at Angkor Wat, built in the 11th century by Suryavarman the 2nd, - Cambodia

Basílica de Santa Eulalia, Cripta del siglo V. Pinturas del siglo XVI representando a San Martín(centro), San Juan y Santa Ana.

Egipto. Tumba 133 Nefer Rompet.

Córdoba, 02/01/2020. Remains of the Basilica of San Vicente, in the Cathedral Mosque. Photo: Valerio Merino ARCHCOR.

Jain God Mahavir relief sculpture, Rock cut cave temple, Badami, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India, Asia India Copyright: xDuttagupta/DinodiaxPhotox -

The old Jewish cemetery Josefov, one of the most historically most important Jewish cemeteries in Europe. It contains over 12,000 tombstones and presumably the bones of 100,000 people, Prague, Czech Republic

petroglyph showing creation deity MakeMake, at sacred precinct of Mata Ngarau, Orongo, Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Isla de Pascua), Chile

Rock carvings Images in 12th Century in Bhaja Caves, Bhaja Village, Lonavala, Maharashtra, India INDIA Copyright: xRxMakharia/DinodiaxPhotox

Egipto. Tumba 133 Nefer Rompet.

A photograph taken within Tomb KV8, located in the Valley of the Kings, used for the burial of Pharaoh Merenptah of Ancient Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty. Merneptah or Merenptah (reigned July or August 1213 BC - May 2, 1203 BC) was the fourth ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt.

Cristo en Majestad, Iglesia de Sant Joan de Caselles, siglo XII.

'Adoration of the Sacrifice'. Russia, Pskov, Late 14th century. Dimensions: 113,0x170,0 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Pictograph made by Ancestral Puebloans, Green Mask Panel, Grand Gulch, Cedar Mesa, Bears Ears National Monument, Utah

EXT- CANECILLOS DE LA PORTADA OESTE 4º Y 5º POR LA IZQ PERRO CON ARPA MEDIEVAL- SIGLO XI - ROMANICO ESPAÑOL. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN MARTIN. FROMISTA. PALENCIA. SPAIN.

Tumba de Ahmose, hijo de Ebana (EK-5). Elkab, Egipto.

Armenia, Khor Virap. Khor Virap Monastery, 6th century, Surp Astvatsatsin Church, graffiti on stones.

Medieval frescos on wall, David Gareja Monastery complex, Sagarejo Municipality, Kakhetia, Georgia, Central Asia, Asia

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

Priest Makes Offering to Mayan Sun God . Artist: Unknown.

Pantocrator at Kirk Dam alti Kilise Church (Church of St. George), temple excavated in volcanic tuff, Ihlara Valley, Cappadocia, central Anatolia, Turkey, Asia.

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.

Turkey. Cappadocia region. Soganli Valley. Dark Church (Karanlik Kilise). Fragments of Byzantine mural paintings decorating the walls of the rock-hewn church. They depict scenen from the life of Christ. Photo taken in 1999.

Central America, Honduras, Copan (aka Xukpi in Maya), La Sepulturas. House of the Writer aka casa del Escribano. Detail of carving of blood letting with knife.

USA, Utah, Thompson Springs, Sego Canyon Road, Barrier Canyon Pictographs

Santa Maria de Eunate church , medieval stonemason's mark, 12th century, Ilzarbe Valley, Navarra, Spain.

Rameses II offering to Amun, Khons & Mut. Abu Simbel. Egypt.

Carved Kilmartin Stones, collection of 79 ancient graveslabs at Kilmartin parish church, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Mali, Dogon Country. A finely carved old Dogon door of a traditional house at Sangha, an attractive Dogon village built among rocks on top of the Bandiagara escarpment.

Khachkar, the sacred cross-stone in Armenia

Praying stones on the Kailash Kora, Western Tibet, Asia

Pictographs, Alabama Hills, Inyo National Forest, California, United States of America, North America

CUEVA DE SIETE ALTARES, ANTIGUA ERMITA O SANTUARIO DE EREMITAS VISIGODOS (S. VII), CON RESTOS DE PINTURAS RUPESTRES. PROYECTO SIGAREP II.

Mural from Tetitla, Sowing and chanting priest, Teotihuacan, Mexico

USA, Utah, Thompson Springs, Sego Canyon Road, Barrier Canyon Pictographs

Turkey, Corum, Hattusas, Ancient Hittite Capital. Detail Of Carved Temple Guardian At The Byk Mabet Or Great Temple Dedicated To Worship Of The Storm God Teshub And Sun Goddess Hebut.

South Side of Four-face Buddha from Silla Kingdom. Located in Kyeongju, South Korea. From Silla Dynasty (57 BCE - 935 AD)

Ancient Burmese mural in Bagan temple, Myanmar

Wooden column of hindu temple in Patan, Nepal

Pre-Columbian hypogea or tombs, Unesco world heritage site, Tierradentro, Colombia, South America

Maya, Turtle God of Death, Tonina, Chiapas, Mexico

Buddhist Panel Caves in Aurangabad Maharashtra India Copyright: xRxModi/DinodiaxPhotox

Runestone erected by Nikulaus in memory of his father Sysha. Detail. It probably represents the entrance of the father into the Kingdom of Heaven. One of them carries a cross in his hands and appears to enter a portal that could be the gates of heaven. Swedish History Museum. Stockholm. Sweden.

Prayer niche with fresco, monolithic church Daniel Qorqor, Gheralta Region, Tigray, Ethiopia, Africa

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

Rock carvings Rock carvings dating back about 3000 years near the town of Lidkoping, Sweden Copyright: xZoonar.com/ThomasxMalesx 13828415

Procession Artist Unknown Hittite Yazilikaya, Turkey

Shiva sculpture, stupas of Sanchi, UNESCO World Heritage site, built by King Ashoka, Mauryan dynasty, Sanchi, Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh, North India, India, Asia

In September 2018, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities, announced the discovery of an 18th dynasty tomb, in Draa Abul-Naga, a burial site for noblemen on the left bank of the Nile, near the Valley of the Kings. the tomb contains mummies believed to be a goldsmith called Amenemhat, who lived sometime between 1550 B.C. to 1292 B.C. The burial chamber has a niche at one end, which holds a statue of Amenemhat who sits on a chair next to his wife, Amenhotep. The Eighteenth Dynasty dates back to the 13th century BC, a period noted for some of the most well known Pharaohs, including Tutankhamen and Ramses II. The chamber has two burial shafts. In one, archaeologists found sarcophagi and remains dating from the later 21st and 22nd Dynasties. Those included the remains of a woman and her two grown children. She showed signs of bacterial bone disease and cavities. The other shaft contains funerary masks and statues depicting the goldsmith's family. The tomb hoses deteriorated mummies with their skul

dragon, Church of Santiago de Agüero, Agüero, Huesca, Spain.

A photograph taken within a tomb in the Draa Abul-Naga burial site for noblemen on the left bank of the Nile, near the Valley of the Kings. The tomb contains mummies believed to be a goldsmith called Amenemhat, who lived sometime between 1550 BC to 1292 BC

Buddhist shrine showing feet of a Buddha,. Sri Lanka

Guatemala, Maya, Ruta Maya, Dos Pilas, Arthur Demarest, Federico Fashen

India, Ladakh, Leh, Tibetan Mani Stone

South Africa, Western Cape, Cederberg Wilderness Area, San rock art on the Sevilla Rock Art Trail depicting people

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

Processione sulla facciata della Grande Scala 1858 Luigi Pesce Italian. Processione sulla facciata della Grande Scala 271277

Interior of a tomb, Tomb Of Ramose, Luxor, Egypt

Ancient Buddhist prayer stones with written mantra

Petroglyphs On A Boulder Show Buddhist Symbols, Shatial Near Chilas, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Funerary relief. Cross. Stone inside the Church of Sao Miguel do Castelo (13th century). It belongs to noble warrior linked to the founding of the Portuguese nation. Guimaraes. Portugal.

Tamprapat found carved portion of stone in Panhale Kazi caves, Konkan, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xHemantxPatil/DinodiaxPhotox

India, Maharashtra, Ajanta, Ajanta Caves. Caves excavated from 200 B.C. to 650 A.D. into Buddhist temples and monasteries. Stone elephant carvings. UNESCO.

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

Statues of Amenemopet and Nodjmet, Tomb of Amenemopet, TT41, Tombs of the Nobles, Ancient Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Reneni fue Nomarca de la ciudad de Nejeb durante el reinado de Amenhotep I y también Supervisor de los sacerdotes de la diosa Nejbet.

Chichen Itza hieroglyphics Mayan sculptures in Mexico Pyramids

stonemason mark, Parish Romanesque temple dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin, Pisón de Castrejón, Palencia, Spain.

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

Asia, Jordan, Mount Nebo. Chapel of the Virgin.

Nepal Kathmandu rocks engraved with mantras at SWAYAMBHU

Antique floor painting in a temple

Throughout the Sacred Valley there are ongoing campaigns of archaeological research on the pre-Columbian sites, but the Direccion Regional de Cultura in Cuzco has embarked on a campaign of complete restoration on the main church of Maras installing the restoration workshops on site.

Fireplace with the representation of Christ on the cross with the three Maria's. Fireplace with the representation of Christ on the cross with the three Maria's. Damaged; Judgeboard corner and upper left corner are missing.

China, Szechuan Province, Tibet, Mani stone wall outside Litang Buddhist Monastery in Tibetan region of Litang county.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor. Valley of the Kings, West Valley, Tomb of Ramses VII, Sky-goddess Nut and astronomical motifs in Burial chamber from 20th dynasty

Kumeyaay Indian pictographs of the La Rumorosa Style, backcountry rock shelter, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California. CG

Anthropomorphic figures, cave paintings by Taino Indians in a cave in the Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic.

A Dogon medicine man predicts the future with this complex set of symbols, and the tracks left by foxes in Mali, Africa.

Egypt, Wadi Natrun coptic monastery

Jain Sculptures Carved In To The Cliff On The Southern Approach To The Fort, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

Moche, Burials, Huaca Dos Cabezas-Jecetepeque,Alana Cordy-Collins,Mummy

Nabulwinjbulwinj, supernatural ancester who eats lambs, Aboriginal rock art site at Nourlangie Rock, Kakadu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site,...

Templerkreuz Templerkreuz Copyright: xZoonar.com/ToloxBalaguerx 22630282

The buddhistic pictures engraved on the stone

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