Ancient Ritual Sites

Images of subterranean spaces with stone altars and carvings, suggesting religious or ritual significance, featuring earthy tones and rough textures.

Maya, Honduras, Copan, Temple 26, Barbara Fash, Ray Bobine

ARTE PRECOLOMBINO. INCA. PERU. QUENKO. Complejo considerado un gran adoratorio. CAVERNA SUBTERRANEA seminatural en cuyo interior se encuentran dos altares de piedra para realizar, posiblemente, sacrificios en honor de la Pacha Mama (Madre Tierra) .

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

Anthropomorphic graves Anthropomorphic graves, church of the monastery of San Pedro de Rocas, Esgos, Ribeira Sacra, Ourense, Galicia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21985832

Israel, Jerusalem, christian quarter, native place of the Virgin Mary

Italy - Basilicata Region - Matera - Rocky Church of St. Mary of Idris - Interior

Maya, Honduras, Copan, Temple 26, Barbara Fash, Ray Bobine

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

Church in cave

Turkey. Cappadocia. Goreme Valley (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1985). Grape Church

TUMBA DE CABILIO - URNA FUNERARIA - SIGLO I AC. Location: NECROPOLIS ROMANA. CARMONA.

Ethiopia: Lalibela, Blue Nile River Basin, World Heritage Site of 11 rock-hewn Coptic Christian Churches of the 13th century carved out of solid red volcanic tuff, Eastern Cluster.

hypogeum, Punic necropolis of Puig des Molins, Archaeological Museum of Ibiza and Formentera, World Heritage Site "Ibiza, biodiversity and culture", Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Naj Tunich sacred cavern of the Mayas, Poptun municipality, Peten Department, Guatemala, Central America

Nabataean settlement Al Bidaya Nabataean cemetery, Tabuk province, Saudi Arabia, Asia

Israel. Jerusalem. Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. Chapel. Chapel of the Invention of the Cross. Inside.

Libya, Cyrene, Historical Cyrenaica, Ancient Cyrene (Shahhat), Place of ritual ablutions

A rock cave with a mural and an information panel, abbot's cell, Aladja Monastery, Aladja Monastery, Aladzha Monastery, medieval rock monastery, cave monastery in the limestone cliff, Varna, Black Sea coast, Bulgaria, Europe

Greece, Patmos, monastery of Aghios Ioannis Thedhogos, the Apocalypse cave

Demre, Turkey - July, 2015: sarcophagus in St Nicholas church in Demre Turkey

Matera, Italy, The ancient frescoes of the St. Nicola Dei Greci rocky church

INTERIOR-CASA DE MARIA CON ALTAR. Location: BASILICA DE LA ANUNCIACION. NAZARET. ISRAEL.

Traditional decorations outside the rock houses of Uchisar, Cappadocia Turkey

Si Satchanalai was built between the 13th and 15th centuries and was an integral part of the Sukhothai Kingdom. It was usually administered by family members of the Kings of Sukhothai.

crypt of the convent, Convent of Santo Domingo, Antigua, department of Sacatepéquez, Guatemala.

Fontanel cemetery cimitero delle Fontanelle, Fontanel cemetery, in Naples, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/MassimoxLamax 10515211

Repair work in Church of the Holy Sepulchre Chapel. Crusader altar. 1934, Jerusalem, Israel

Fetish in Lobi village, Burkina faso Fetish used to protect Lobi village, Burkina faso Copyright: xZoonar.com/MassimoxLamax 11250728

The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia

Priest sitting outside rock church, Lalibela, Ethiopia

Gothic Chapel inside Moni Apostolou Andrea, Apostolos Andreas Monastery, monastery dedicated to Saint Andrew, Karpasia, Karpass Peninsula, North Cyprus, Cyprus

Burned out shell of a holy 15th century Serbian Orthodox church after Albanian mobs attacked the church compound in March 2004 and ethnic cleansed the last serbs.

INTERIOR-CUEVA-DET LUGAR DEL PESEBRE Y PUNTO DE REPOSO DE LA SAGRADA FAMILIA. Location: BASILICA DE LA NATIVIDAD. BELEN. ISRAEL.

INTERIOR-IGLESIA-GRUTA DEL PROFETA ELIAS. Location: MONASTERIO CARMELITA. ISRAEL.

Church of St. George (Amharic: Bete Giyorgis or Biet Giyorgis). It is among the best known and last built of the eleven Rock-Hewn Churches in the Lalibela area, and has been referred to as the "Eighth Wonder of the World". Lalibela. Ethiopia.

Cave church, Kiliclar valley, fantastic tuff formations, Cappadocia, Turkey, Cappadocia, Turkey, Asia

City of David Jerusalem

RETABLO MAYOR DE LA IGLESIA.1962. Author: LUCIO MUÑOZ (1929-1998). Location: SANTUARIO DE ARANZAZU. ONATE. Guipuzcoa. SPAIN. VIRGEN DE ARANZAZU.

TUMBA DEL ELEFANTE - SIGLO I. Location: NECROPOLIS ROMANA. CARMONA.

Wady Shaib Es-Salt, Amman, etc. Cenotaph of Neby Osha. 30 foot Muslim tomb of a Hebrew prophet. 1920, Jordan

Cross carved in wall; Rome, Italy

Yemrehanna Kristos Church, built inside a natural cavern, Lalibela, Ethiopia

wat umong a famous forest temple in chiang mai which has cave tunnels, chiang mai thailand

Tiny church in woods during Fall near Stowe Vermont

GRUTA DE LA ANUNCIACION EN EL INTERIOR DE LA BASILICA DE LA ANUNCIACION. Location: BASILICA DE LA ANUNCIACION. ISRAEL.

Capuchin crypt, Convento dei Cappuccini with mummies standing and lying, in full regalia or dressed, laid out, Palermo, Sicily, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Asia, Indonesia, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi. Skulls and bones

Venus Cave at Linderhof Castle, Bavaria, Germany

Israel, Galilee, A traditional 1st Century A.D. tomb with a rolling stone door in northern Israel. According to the Biblical description, Jesus of Nazareth was buried in a tomb much like this one.

Interiors of a temple seen from a window, Jain Temple, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India

Philippines, Luzon Island, The Cordillera Mountains, Mountain Province, Sagada. World famous Hanging Coffins. Animistic Applai Elders entombed on limestone cliffs.

Chapel of Panagia Sarantaskaliotissa at the entrance to The Cave of Pythagoras, Mount Kerkis, Samos Island, North Aegean, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe Copyright: KarolxKozlowski 1245-3369

Firepalce and altar at Ggantija Temples, Gozo, 2.800 BC.

Underground Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira, Cundinamarca, Colombia, South America

In the cave church Santa Barbara, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Europe

Monk looking at stone carving in Shitthaung Temple, Mrauk-U, Rakhine State, Myanmar (Large format sizes available)

Salt cathedral of Zipaquira, Colombia, South America

Passage Grave, Slieve Na Calliagh, Loughcrew, Near Oldcastle, Co Meath, Ireland

Sambor Prick, Zone of the 200 Lost Temples, 2017 classified as Unesco World Heritage

cueva de ceremoniales mayas, Sinchaj, San Bartolomé Jocotenango, municipio del departamento de Quiché, Guatemala, America Central.

Janowice-Kammer Komora Janowice im Salzbergwerk Wieliczka Kopalni Soli Wieliczka in Wieliczka in Kleinpolen in Polen *** Janowice Chamber Komora Janowice at Salt mine WIELICZKA Kopalni Solos WIELICZKA in WIELICZKA in Little Poland in Poland

Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Elmina. Religious shrine inside Cape Coast Castle.

Carving of a "diving god", thought to associated with Venus, at the temple on top of Nohoch Mul (the Great Pyramid) at Coba Mayan Ruins, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Cave in the Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite, Monastery of the Tigers dedicated to St. Paul of Thebes, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt, Africa

Chapel of Panagia Sarantaskaliotissa at the entrance to The Cave of Pythagoras, Mount Kerkis, Samos Island, North Aegean, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Cross -acceptance relief on the external stones of the cross -detection relief on the external stones copyright: xzoonar.com/martinaxbergx 6892888

Africa, West Africa, Togo, Voodoo Hospital. Traditional healer performing voodoo ritual to heal the mentally ill at shrine in Togo.

Colored door curtain at house entrance in small Tibetan village in mountains. India, Ladakh, Diskit monastery

Fountain in the Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite, Monastery of the Tigers dedicated to St. Paul of Thebes, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt, Africa

font-stone in the neoniano Baptistery in Ravenna ancient empty font-stone in the neoniano Baptistery in Ravenna, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/VVxVoennyyx 5032964

West Africa, Africa, Togo, Tamberma Region. Interior of traditional Takienta dwelling.

Church of St. George (Amharic: Bete Giyorgis or Biet Giyorgis). It is among the best known and last built of the eleven Rock-Hewn Churches in the Lalibela area, and has been referred to as the "Eighth Wonder of the World". Lalibela. Ethiopia.

Nikolaus-Kopernikus-Kammer Komora M. Kopernika im Salzbergwerk Wieliczka Kopalni Soli Wieliczka in Wieliczka in Kleinpolen in Polen *** Nikolaus Copernicus Chamber Komora M Kopernika at Salt mine WIELICZKA Kopalni Solos WIELICZKA in WIELICZKA in Little Poland in Poland

Person in the Aven Joly Cathedral France

INTERIOR-CAPILLA DEBAJO DEL SUELO PRINCIPAL. Location: IGLESIA DEL SANTO SEPULCRO. JERUSALEM. ISRAEL.

China, Xizang, Tibet, Variety of wares on display at Drepung Monastery

Replica of a necropolis of the Chachapoya culture in the museum of Leymebamba, province of Chachapoyas, Amazonas region, Peru, South America

Interior of Church of Saint Peter; Gallicantu, Israel

The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia

ERMITA DE COVADONGA - (GRUTA-SANTUARIO). Location: SANTA CUEVA. COVADONGA. ASTURIAS. SPAIN.

Surroundings of the village of Tien-Lu, Tonkin, Indochina An altar inside the Ninh-SO 'N cave , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Environs du village de Tien-lu , Tonkin , Indochine Un autel à l' intérieur de la grotte-pagode de Ninh-so' n). Buddhism, Buddha, Erosion, inner view, altar, object of worship, cave, geology, Religion , Habitat , Architecture , Sciences , Techniques, Indochina, Tonkin, from Hanoi to Phuquoc, from Hanoi to Phuquoc Vai by Ninh Sòn and Tiên-lû, the Pagoda cave of Ninh-Son (Inter)

Kenya, Marsabit County, Lechet. Samburu women and girls water their family's goats at the deep wells at Lechet in the foothills of the Ndoto Mountains.

Hill of Calvary (Golgotha,) Crack in the Rock of Golgotha through a viewing window; Chapel of Adam in the Church of the holy Sepulchre. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is identified as the place both of the crucifixion and the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth. Originally built by the mother of Emperor Constantine in 330 A.D. The original Byzantine church was destroyed by the Persians in AD 614.

South America - Peru - Cusco. Inca site of Coricancha (once the Inca Empire's richest temple) which forms the base of the colonial church of Santo Domingo.

A Ma Temple niche, Macau

Guatemala, Quirigua. Mayan stele at Quirigua Archaeological Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Guatemala.

Canada, Newfoundland, L'Anse aux Meadows. Norstead Viking Village, replica of Chieftain's Hall.

Potholing, speleology, Theravada Buddhism, small temple with a Buddha statue, stalagmites, Tham Pha In cave, at Thakek, Khammuan province, Khammouane, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia

Agia Sofia chapel in the entrance of a cave in Kythira island, Greece.. Agia Sofia chapel in the entrance of a cave in Kythira island

Cross-shaped stone in the underground Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira, Cundinamarca, Colombia, South America

Togo, Atakora region, traditional village

Shrine In Cave of Colours Sumidero Canyon Mexico Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe at the Cave of Colours in the Sumidero Canyon Chiapas Mexico Copyright: xZoonar.com/TimxHesterx 12057189

Stations Of The Cross At The Salt Cathedral (Salt Mine) In Zipaquira Near Bogota, Colombia

Pre-Colombian Funeral Sculptures of San Agustin, megalith, El Puritan, Parque Archeologico, San Agustin, Huila, Colombia, South America

Prächtiges Kreuz erstrahlt in spirituellem Licht in der berühmten unterirdischen Catedral de Sal Salzkathedrale von Zipaquira, Kolumbien Illuminated cross representing stations of the cross, illustrate the events of Jesus last journey glows with spiritual light in the underground Catedral de Sal Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira, Colombia. Copyright: xZoonar.com/www.artushfoto.eux 22742218

Old hermit dressed in a yellow cape praying in a small cave church hewn out of rock, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

Turkey, Trabzon. Sumela Monastery (aka St. Maria, Mount Mela or Black Virgin). Historic 12th century monastery. Walls covered with 18th century frescoes.

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, statues and stonework of the Passion Facade of the Temple of Sagrada Familia, by architect Josep Maria Subirachs. The calvery and Crucifixion of Jesus Christ

One of the Stations of the Cross, Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira, Cundinamarca department, Savannah of Bogota, Colombia, South America

Effigies of the dead, Lemo cliff tombs, Toraja area, island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

the Phuktal Gompa monastery

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