Ancient Rock Art

Various petroglyphs depicting figures and symbols on rock surfaces, showcasing historical artwork and ancient cultures.

Hawaii, Hawaiian Petroglyph in rock.

Mesopotamian. Protohistory. Samarran culture. (ca 5500-4800 BC). Iraq. The Samarra bowl, 5000 a.C. Decorated with the swastika in the center of the design. Detail. Pergamon Museum. Museum Island. Berlin. Germany.

Chile, Easter Island, Anakena, Ahu Nau Nau, Lizard Man Petroglyph

Near the entrance to the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III, at Medinet Habu, is the Temple of Amun, (Amun Djeser Set) dating to the 18th Dynasty 1458 BC, built by Hatshepsut and Thutmose III. It has undergone many alterations and modifications over the years, partially in the 20th, 25th, 26th, 29th and 30th Dynasties and the Greco-Roman period.

Ancient floor mosaic, Villa Casale, Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Painted tiles ("teules de moro"). Muleta de Ca s Hereu. Soller. Sierra de Tramuntana. Mallorca. Baleares. Spain.

San (Bushman) rock engravings. Twyfelfontein. Namibia

ARTE EGIPCIO. SARCOFAGO de piedra calcárea de IBW, príncipe de NOMOS, sucesor de UAH-KAI (Qau El-Kebir). Detalle de la ESCRITURA JEROGLIFICA del costado estrecho derecho, junto a la falsa puerta. XII Dinastía (1800 a. C.). Museo Egipcio. Turín. Italia.

Mexico, Oaxaca, Monte Alban, Archaeological site Los Danzantes Gallery Relief carved stone blocks depicting dancers.

CUEVA DE EKAIN. GALERIA DE ZALDEI: BISONTE PINTADO. DEVA, GUIPUZCOA, PAIS VASCO, ESPAÑA.

Mosaic floor displayed at the Samaritan Inn from the synagoge at Gaza, near Jerusalem; Israel

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).

Rock carvings, Vallee de Fontanalba, Pays Merveilles, Parc du Mercantour, Alpes Maritimes,Provence, France, Europe

Cave painting found in the Cave of Altamira, located in Cantabria, Spain, dating from the Upper Paleolithic period.

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

NORWAY. Begby. Zoomorphic figures (1000 BC). Bronze Age. Cave.

Roman pavement opus sectile, Italica, ancient Roman city, 206 BC., Andalusia, Spain.

Newspaper Rock, a petroglyph panel of predominantly Ute images, Bears Ears National Monument, Utah

Detail from wall panel depicting the royal lion hunt. Assyrian, approximately 645-635 BC. From the North Palace in Nineveh. Shows a lion lying pierced with the king's arrows.

Ute petroglyph rock carvings of white men riding horses with saddles, Vernal, Utah

Pointing finger, decorative detail of a Chapel, Sacred Mountain of Orta (UNESCO World Heritage List, 2003), Orta San Giulio, Piedmont, Italy.

Diorite statue of King Cephren, builder of the second Pyramid at Giza, Egypt. Khafra, Khafre, Khefren or Cephren) was an ancient Egyptian king (pharaoh) of 4th dynasty during the Old Kingdom

Temple of Kom Ombo, Upper Egypt. Constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180-47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period. The building is unique because its 'double' design meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods. The southern half of the temple was dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. the northern part of the temple was dedicated to the falcon god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder"), along "with Tasenetnofret, a special form of Hathor

Painting, Spain, Balearic Islands, Mallorca

Egypt, Luxor, King Tutankhamun's sarcophagus, Mourners, east wall detail Valley of Kings

Sweden, Lake Vattern Area, Rok, Rokstenen, Sweden's most famous rune stone, 9th century

Neolithic engravings, from 4000 years ago, created by hunter-gatherers following herds that sought feeding grounds in the mountains. Tizi nTirghist Pass, Tadla-Azilal, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Mummy-case of the priest Hornedjitef. 246-262 BC. From Asasif, Thebes. Ptolemaic Period. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.

Mexico - Mayan Riviera

La vache qui pleure, rock engraving of a crying cow, neolithic rock art near Djanet, Tassili N´Ajjer National Park, Unesco World Heritage Site, Algeria, Sahara, North Africa, Africa

Uplistsikhe, Repulic of Georgia

DT DE LA REPRODUCCION DE LAS CUEVAS DE ALTAMIRA. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

National Museum of Ancient Art. The Archangel Saint Michel. 15th century. Polychrome limestone.

CUEVA DEL REGUERILLO. PANELES CON ARTE, GRABADOS Y PINTURA COMIUNIDAD DE MADRID. ESPAÑA.

Surviving bronze bands of the Balawat Gates (858-824 BC) from the palace of Shalmaneser III, Iraq. Bronze strips embossed with scenes of Shalmaneser's campaigns. First depictions trees and mountains in Assyrian art. Currently at the British Museum, London.

METOPA - TRABAJOS DE HERCULES (RELIEVE). Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO-COLECCION. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

La Gran Esfinge de Guiza, monumental escultura que se encuentra en la ribera occidental del río Nilo, en la ciudad de Guiza, Egipto.

Aboriginal cave paintings, Anbangbang Gallery, Burrunggui (Nourlangie Rock), Kakadu National Park (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1981), Northern Territory, Australia.

Egypt, Amarna, Tell el-Amarna, Necropolis, Tomb of Panehsi, relief detail

Borobudur, 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple. UNESCO World Heritage. Bas-relief dispicting the life of Buddha. Java. Indonesia.

(TITULO DESCONOCIDO) - AÑOS 90. Author: JOSE MARIA SICILIA. Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO. MADRID. SPAIN.

APOLOGIA DEL VIDRE - 1987 - 200X300 - TECNICA MIXTA -LIENZO. Author: MIQUEL BARCELO.

Close-up of artwork of Plaszow labor and concentration camp memorial, Krakow, Poland

River side rock sculpture, Ghadoi, Gujarat, India Copyright: xAshaxAdatia/DinodiaxPhotox

USA, Utah. Ancient Native American pictograph, defaced, near Capitol Reef National Park

estuco pintado, Museo-Centro de Interpretación del parque arqueológico de Segóbriga, Saelices, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

CAVE OF VENTALAPERRA (511). PANEL V: BISON / OTHER FIGURES. ENGRAVING. EAST WALL. RIGHT OF THE MAIN ROOM. VIZCAYA, BASQUE COUNTRY, SPAIN.

Turkey, Anatolia, Mesopotamia. Sanliurfa (aka Urfa). Gobekli Tepe (aka Gobeklitepe) very important Neolithic dig site of hunter-gathers from 9th millennium BC (11,000 years ago). Carved stone relief.

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.

Niger, Agadez, Touragh. An ancient hunter-gatherer rock engraving of a human figure with raised hands and on the left, a smaller figure with a horse.

Graffiti, carved letters and initials, Saeben Abbey, Klausen, Eisacktal, South Tyrol, Alto Adige, Italy, Europe

Peru, Nazca, Aerial view of geoglyphs of Nazca and Palpa, UNESCO World Heritage

CUEVA DE PEDRO FERNANDEZ: PANEL 1 CON GRABADOS EN LA GALERIA 41 DESDE LA GALERIA 34 ESTREMERA, COMUNIDAD DE MADRID, ESPAÑA.

RESTAURACION " HABITACION E " CASA DE LOS GRIFOS- Complutum ( Alcalá de Henares).La "Casa de los Grifos" es una domus del siglo I dc y que estuvo en uso hasta el siglo IV. Perteneciente al conjunto arqueológico de la ciudad Hispano - romana de Complutum, siendo una de las mejores Domus de la ciudad, que pertenecia a una importante familia complutense dedicada a actividades comerciales y artesanales , con un amplio interior rodeado con un peristilo de doce columnas que articulaba una serie de estancias, en ellas se ha encontrado pintura mural en la que destacan unos " Grifos". En el 2008 se ha restaurado la denominada estancia E, cuyo uso seria recibir a los clientes ( Tablinium ) abierta al peristilo, las pinturas son de estilo pompeyano y representan una arquictetura figurada ( 7,60x 4,90 )metros.

Wall relief of lion's face in Florence, Italy. Found in the area around the Loggia della Signoria. Circa 14th century AD.

Das Innere des Grabes des Pharaos Teti in Sakkara, Ägypten Das Innere des Grabes des Pharaos Teti in Sakkara, Ägypten Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevenxHeapx 22739335

Hand stencils with mutilated little finger. Date/Period: -7000. Painting. Author: UNKNOWN.

ESCULTURA DE ARCILLA. Author: ANTONIO BALLESTER BALLESTER.

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

Olmec, Ancient Cultures, The Americas, Juxtlahuaca, Mexico, Guerrero, Cave Paintings, Rock Art

CUPULA-1647-(ARQUITECTO DIEGO MARTINEZ PONCE DE URRANA). Author: ANTONIO PALOMINO Y VELASCO (1655-1726). Location: BASILICA DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LOS DESAMPARADOS. Valencia. SPAIN.

Rock painting, Alta, Finnmark, Norway, Europe

EPLUCHER 2 - 1997 - 148x251 - MIXTA/LIENZO. Author: BARCELO, MIQUEL. Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Temple of Edfu located on the west bank of the Nile River between Esna and Aswan, with a population of approximately sixty thousand people. Edfu is the site of the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus and an ancient settlement, Tell Edfu. The town is known for the major Ptolemaic temple, built between 237 BC and 57 BC, into the reign of Cleopatra VII.

Fish as wall ornament, Fira, Santorin, Aegean Sea, Greece, Europe

Early Christians. Roman funerary stele of Prisco. Inscription: Christian phrase appears "in pace". The symbol of the dove and the olive branch and the monogram of Constantine. 4th century. National Roman Museum. (Baths of Diocletian). Rome. Italy.

Reliefs. Museum of Monte Albán.Oaxaca .Mexico.

Egypt. Necropolis of Saqqara. Mastaba of Kagemni (2350 BC). Chief Justice and vizier of the Pharaoh Teti. Relief. Hieroglyph. Detail.6th Dynasty. Old Kingdom.

Ancient MAYAN building block, carved to represent a SKULL - COPAN RUINS, HONDURAS

Floor tile depicting an archer on the hunt. Circa 14th-15th century. Found in Birmingham, UK.

Canada, Quebec, Montreal, Pointe-a-Calliere Archeological Museum. Underground museum featuring 17th century city foundations. Media show shadowed figures in distance.

Petroglyphs Swedish Petroglyphs in Norrkoping Copyright: xZoonar.com/ThomasxMalesx 9644140

Chile, Easter Island (aka Rapa Nui), Hanga Roa. Stone Moai head, face detail.

Stone tablet, exhibition in the State History Museum, interior view, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Asia

Italy. Rome. Column of Marcus Aurelius. Scene from the Marcomannics Wars. Detail sperial relief. Erected, 180-196 by Commodus in honour of his father Marcus Aurelius.

COVACHO DEL PONTON DE LA OLIVA (107/1R): PARED CON EL PANEL DE PINTURAS.

Relief fragments from an elaborate false doorway ca. 2051-2030 B.C. Middle Kingdom Neferu was most likely the first queen of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II, and may also have been his sister. Her plundered tomb, excavated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art between 1923 and 1931, lay outside the king's temple precinct at Deir el Bahri. It was visited as a shrine in the Eighteenth Dynasty, and at some point it was used as a quarry for the fine limestone covering the walls.The decoration of the funerary apartments consisted almost exclusively of ritual scenes and depictions of sacred objects deriving from local Upper Egyptian iconography. The carving of Neferus surviving reliefs has a captivating otherworldliness, although it is varied in quality. The extenuated proportions of the figures, and the elaborate patterns contrasting with smooth planes, represent the height of the Eleventh Dynasty archaic style. The background was left unpainted, while the figures were either detailed or covered with

Politically motivated stencil graffiti in the colour black on a beige wall

Stone relief, Way of the Cross station number 9 on the Buchenberg, Buchenberg, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

museo arqueologico y de historia de Elche Alejandro Ramos Folqués, Elche, Alicante, comunidad Valenciana, Spain, Europe.

Ancient Egyptian painted wooden model representing baking, brewing and butchery; From the tomb of Sebekhetepi at Beni Hasan, Egypt Middle Kingdom, 2125-1795 BC,

ABRIGO CERCA DE LA ENFERMERIA I CON PINTADAS DE SPRAY Y POSIBLE PINTURA RUPESTRE.

Roman funerary monument, Caggiano, river Tanagro valley ,Salerno, Campania, Italy

Masonic symbols of angle bracket and delta at the Human Right Monument in the Paris Champ de Mars, Paris, Ile de France, France, Europe

CODZ POOP O PALACIO DE LAS MASCARAS- DETALLE DE LOS MASCARONES DE CHAC DIOS DE LA LLUVIA - S IX. Location: CODZ POOP-PALACIO MASCARAS. KABAH. CIUDAD DE MEXICO. CHAC DIOS MAYA. CHAC MOOL DIOS MAYA.

Peru, The Hands. Situated alongside the PanaAmerican Highway, this is one of the figures visible from a small metal watchtower, for those who cannot afford the light aircraft overflights.

Indian rock carving, Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta, Canada, North America

Kilnasaggart Pillar Stone, Co. Armagh, Ireland

Graffiti, Malta, 1969.

Copan, Honduras, Maya, Barbara Fash

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