Ancient Rock Art

Fascinating prehistoric art forms including cave paintings and carvings, conveying historical narratives and cultural symbols from various ancient civilizations.

Aboriginal rock art, Carnarvon National Park, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

Aboriginal rock art, Carnarvon National Park, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

STELA 31 (445 AD) depicts a MAYA RULER with elaborate carved power symbols - TIKAL MUSEUM, TIKAL RUINS, GUATEMALA

Prehistoric rock carvings, petroglyphs from the Fremont culture, of human-like figures on a rock, Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, USA

GRAFITO A-150. COG. (EXPOSICION EL LEGADO CIENTIFICO DE AL-ANDALUS)(DEPOSITO: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO DE DENIA).

PINTURAS: REPRESENTACIONES ANINALES. SU NUMERACION: PI 1 152 001R.

Stone Carving In Ball Court At Coba Mayan Ruins. Mexico

CUEVA DEL QUEJIGAL (67/2R): PINTURAS. PANEL UNICO.

Henry Cros (1840-1907), Manufacture de Sèvres. "Metals". Vase (detail). Sandstone, 1897. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. METALS Bas-relief, sleeping, woman, gres, man, sevre factory, vase, face

FRAGMENTOS DE FRESCOS CON POLIGRAMIAS ORIGINALES. Location: EXTERIOR. TEOTIHUACAN. CIUDAD DE MEXICO.

COVACHO DEL PONTON DE LA OLIVA (107/1R): DETALLE FIGURA 10.

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 1145 BC

Sword Swallower, bas-relief found in ancient Hattusa, Turkey

relief, Emirate of Cordoba period - Almohad, 9th - 13th centuries, Museu Municipal de Ciutadella,. Bastió de sa Font, Ciutadella, Menorca,Spain.

BATIDOR CON TEA DEL GRAN PANEL CON LA CACERIA DE ONAGROS - FRESCO OMEYA DEL CASTILLO DE QUSEIR AMRA - SIGLO VIII. Location: CASTILLO. QUSEIR AMRA.

grape harvest grape harvest, sculptural frieze with an agricultural calendar, San Galindo Chapel, Parish Church of San Bartolomé, Campisábalos, Guadalajara, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21420141

Honduras, Walpaulban Sirpi, 'Detail Of Petroglyphs, Rock Carving , Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve.'

Rupestral carvings from the Stone Age Hjemmeluft Norway

Graffiti on rock, close-up

CUEVA PINTADA DE GALDAR (197). PINTURAS Y GRABADOS GALDAR, GRAN CANARIA, ESPAÑA.

PINTURAS DE ARTE CUATERNARIO - PALEOLITICO SUPERIOR. Location: CUEVA DE SAN ROMAN. CANDAMO. ASTURIAS. SPAIN.

SARCOFAGO PALEOCRISTIANO DE BRIVIESCA (QUINTANA BUREBA). DEPOSITO: MUSEO PROVINCIAL DE BURGOS.

Pictish symbols of salmon, snake and mirror, Aberlemno Pictish stones, Aberlemno, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

ABRIGO DE LA DEHESA O LAS ROTURAS (27003/1R): FIGURA GEOMETRICA DEL PANEL I (PARED DERECHA).

Ancient Carvings Aztec Eagle Warriors Palace, Templo Mayor, Mexico City, Mexico. Great Aztec Temple created from 1325 to 1521.

INSCULTURAS DE AS FRAGAS- ARTE RUPESTRE. Location: EXTERIOR. CAMPO LAMEIRO. SPAIN.

Dolmen de Soto - between 3800 and 2500 BC, Engravings - Anthropomorphic figure, Trigueros, Huelva province, Region of Andalusia, Spain, Europe.

Italy, Lombardy, Brescia - Natural Reserve of Rock Drawings of Ceto, Cimbergo, Paspardo. Nadro didactic museum

DETALLE DEL GRAN PANEL CON LA CACERIA DE ONAGROS SITUADO EN LA PARED OCCIDENTAL DEL GRAN SALON - SIGLO VIII - PINTURA OMEYA. Location: CASTILLO. QUSEIR AMRA.

sowing in which the farmer uses a Roman plow drawn by two oxen sowing in which the farmer uses a Roman plow drawn by two oxen, sculptural frieze with an agricultural calendar, San Galindo Chapel, Parish Church of San Bartolomé, Campisábalos, Guadalajara, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21420048

Aboriginal Rock Art - Emu - Boomerang and Hands. Australia.

Raised relief fragment 664-610 B.C. Late Period, Saite see 23.3.468. Raised relief fragment 548043

YACIMIENTO DEL CANTO DEL CUERVO. VISTAS DEL ABRIGO Y PINTURAS RUPESTRES. PROYECTO SIGAREP II.

Relief depicting two steinbocks fighting, from Roc de Sers

Abydos, one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt; King Seti II

capital, used as a ceremonial mortar, carved stone, 12th century, from the cathedral of San Pedro de Jaca, Diocesan Museum of Jaca, Huesca, Spain.

Helen of Troy takes shelter at the image of Athena accompanied by Eros and Aphrodite, depicted on the Parthenon Friezes, Athens. 439 - 433 BC

Replica painting from the Cave of Altamira (Cueva de Altamir) located near the historic town Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain, is renowned for its numerous parietal cave paintings featuring charcoal drawings and polychrome paintings of contemporary local fauna and human hands, created between 18,500 and 14,000 years ago during the Upper Palaeolithic by Paleo human settlers. The earliest paintings in the cave were executed around 35,600 years ago.

Detail of a marble slab engraved with the drawing of a woman, a left foot and a heart, indicative and symbolism of the close presence of a public house or brothel (lupanare). Marble street. CIty of Ephesus. Roman imperial era. Anatolia. Turkey.

Sarcophagus Panel, early 8th Century. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Limestone; overall: 119 x 69 x 10 cm (46 7/8 x 27 3/16 x 3 15/16 in.). This slab originally formed the "window" panel of a coffin encasement constructed to resemble a one-story house. The dwarfs bowing respectfully under the vertical lattice window, as well as the court lady and archer engraved on the reverse, reflect the style of contemporary figure painting. Complete structures with similar decor have been excavated from tombs in the Tang imperial cemetery near Sian in northwest China.

The sacrificial altar from the Roman city of Bath. Featuring relief carvings of Hercules Bibax and Bacchus. Circa 1st-3rd century AD.

Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument is a Utah state monument featuring a rock panel carved with one of the largest known collections of petroglyphs, from the Fremont, Ute, and Anasazi Native American tribes, located west of U.S. 191 along the Indian Creek Corridor Scenic Byway (S.R. 211) in Bears Ears National Monument, Utah, United States.

Cylinder seal and modern impression ca. 2600-2500 B.C. Sumerian. Cylinder seal and modern impression. Sumerian. ca. 2600-2500 B.C.. Lapis lazuli. Early Dynastic IIIa. Mesopotamia

Four horsed chariot of Helios rising from the ocean, from a section of the East pediment of the Parthenon, housed in the New Acropolis Museum, Athens

USA, Arizona, Navajo Reservation, Anasazi pictographs on rock

simbolo medieval de zapatero , Capilla de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, Alquézar, Monumento Histórico Artístico Nacional, municipio de la comarca Somontano Provincia de Huesca, Comunidad Autónoma de Aragón, Spain, Europe.

Beautiful carvings and statues in the temple of Abu Simel Beautiful carvings and statues in the temple of Abu Simbel in Egypt Abu Simbel Egypt

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.

Script carved on a rock

CUEVA DE LA GARITA I. PINTURAS RUPESTRES ESQUEMATICAS.

Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , 1921 - Seine -et -Oise - Auguste Léon - (June) (French - Saint-Germain-en-Laye , France). Museum, represented animal , fantastic animal, archaeological vestige, sculpture, bas-relief, prehistory, Animal , Habitat , Architecture , Art, France, St Germain-en-Laye, bouquetin head engraved s, limestone 56751

Frontal of a stone tomb. Bas-relief depicting Jesus, the Virgin and Saint John. 15th century. Probably from the Convent of Santo Domingo or the Church of Santo Tomas (La Coruna, Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle). A Coruna, Galicia, Spain.

Amphitrite on a hippocampus with Hymenaeus and Tritons. Detail. Mosaic at the Baths of Neptune. 2nd century. Ostia Antica. Italy.

figuras humanas frente una hoguera. , Pinturas rupestres que datan entre el año 3.000 y 2.000 Antes de Cristo (Calcolítico-Edad de Bronce), Valosandero, Soria, Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla, Spain, Europe.

petroglyph, Aït Ouazik rock deposit, late Neolithic, Morocco, Africa.

PATERA - TESORO DE TIVISSA (TARRAGONA) - IV/III AC- ARTE IBERICO. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO DE CATALUÑA. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Detail of the Mithras temple at Freisen - Schwarzerden, Saarland, Germany, Europe

Medieval graffiti on the Palma Lonja building (La Llotja), 15th century, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

RELIEVE-LA MUJER Y LA BESTIA. Location: CATEDRAL-EXTERIOR. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. A CORUÑA. SPAIN.

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Caporciano, S. Pietro in Valle, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Human figurine in painted ceramic, Huesca, Iberian period three hundred and fifty to fifty BC, Huesca museum, Aragon community, Spain.

MONIGA - 1994 - POLVO DE MARMOL PINTURA Y COLLAGE/MADERA - 54,5x65. Author: ANTONI TAPIES (1923-2012). Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO. MADRID. SPAIN.

ESTACION DE ARTE RUPESTRE DE DOMINGO GARCIA, ROCA B. PANEL CON CABALLOS. PROYECTO SIGAREP II.

capital with a running deer capital with a running deer, 6th century, steps, Museum of the Councils and Visigoth Culture, Church of San Román,Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 21307796

ESTACION DE ARTE RUPESTRE DE DOMINGO GARCIA, ROCA A. PROYECTO SIGAREP II.

North America, USA, Arizona, Navajo Indian Reservation, Chinle, Canyon de Chelly National Monument. South Rim road, Visitor Center. Detail of ancient Anasazi pottery. (Editorial Usage Only)

Computer re-work of a original painting by the Photographer

Lithuania, Kaunas, Concentration camp torture frieze

DETALLE DE UN BALCON DE LA CASA MILA O LA PEDRERA - 1906-10. Author: ANTONIO GAUDI. Location: CASA MILA O LA PEDRERA-INTERIOR. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Rock carvings Rock carvings dating back about 3000 years near the town of Lidkoping, Sweden Copyright: xZoonar.com/ThomasxMalesx 13828422

MAR CANGREJO Y PECES - 700 AC - RELIEVE DEL PALACIO DE NINIVE. Location: BRITISH MUSEUM. LONDON. ENGLAND.

Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902). "Monument to Victor Hugo". Plaster, 1886. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Detail, French writer, monument, pantheon, platre, poet

Lamassu from the Palace of Sargon II. Assyrians. 721-705 BC. Khorsabad Palace. Detail claw. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Stabia, Italy, Beautiful Roman wall paintings in the archaeological excavation Villa Arianna, Southern Italy

God Neptune Mosaic Womans Bath Herculaneum Italy

Effects of Bad Government on the Countryside, by Lorenzetti Ambrogio, 1338 - 1339, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Tuscany, Siena, Palazzo Pubblico. Detail. Group of armed men at the top left.

CUEVA DEL AIRE. PINTURA DE 1955.

five-armed swastika in relief, second Lombera stele, giant disc-shaped Cantabrian stele, 1st century BC. C., Corrales de Buelna, Lombera, Museum of prehistory and archeology , Santander, Cantabria, Spain

Norwid sleeping. Szyndler, Pantaleon (1846-1905), painter

Chalk print in Santa Barbara CA

Punic floor mosaic, c.6th century BC. Artist: Unknown

Frontal of a stone tomb. Bas-relief depicting Jesus, the Virgin and Saint John. 15th century. Probably from the Convent of Santo Domingo or the Church of Santo Toms (La Corua, Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle). A Corua, Galicia, Spain.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor. Valley of the Kings, West Valley, Tomb of Amenhotep III, mural paintings in Burial chamber from 18th dynasty

REPRODUCTION OF THE CAVE OF ALTAMIRA-ROCK PAINTING. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Chile, Easter Island. Rapa Nui National Park, Anakena. Hand painted tapa cloth (made from tree bark) with traditional Polynesian and Rapa Nui cultural stylized designs, Birdman. (Large format sizes available)

POMPEII, ITALY, MAY 04, 2022, Beautiful geometrically formed floral mosaic, Pompeii in Italy

FRESCO - DETALLE. Location: MEDINA AZAHARA / MADINAT AL-ZAHRA. PROVINCIA. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

Lion Babylon Ruins Iraq

Hittite sculptures in Yesemek Village, historical open-air sculpture museum, Gaziantep, Turkey

Roman fresco depicting a fight between an octopus and a lobster. Mid 2nd century. From the House of the River Port of San Paolo, Rome. Roman National Museum. Rome. Italy.

SUELO EMPEDRADO.

'Gravitation XXXIV', 1987-1988, Collage on paper, 31 x 22,5 cm, AS11057. Author: EDUARDO CHILLIDA (1924-2002). Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ARTE REINA SOFIA-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Relief from Hítardalur, Iceland. The relief depicts two human figures. Dated 12th Century

Cave of the Hands. ARGENTINA. SANTA CRUZ. Detail of the paintings. Neolithic art. Fresco.

PINTURAS RUPESTRES EN ULLDECONA. ESCENA DE CAZA CON ARCO.

Rock engraving on Neolithic passage grave, Knowth,Unesco world heritage sight, prehstoric Bru na Boinne, Ireland, Europe

Petroglyphs of Mogor carving on the rock. Detail of the "Labyrinth of Mogor", one of the three petroglyphs that remain visible in Mogor. Metal Ages. c. 3.000-2000 BC. Municipality of Marin, Pontevedra province. Galicia, Spain.

Petroglyphs of Vigirima, also known as Tronconeros Painted Stone, Piedra Pintada archaeological site, San Esteban National park, Carabobo state, Vene...

CUEVA DEL AIRE. PINTURA: "F.I.G.".

Facial Impression on Tombstone

Pre- historic Native American pictographs at Bear Gulch near Lewistown Montana

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