Ancient Sculptures and Artefacts

Photographs of significant ancient sculptures from diverse cultures, showcasing intricate carvings and stone work, including Olmec and Egyptian pieces.

Silhouette Quadrangular Altar, Olmec Archaeological Museum, Parque La Venta, Villahermosa, Tabasco State, Mexico

Silhouette Quadrangular Altar, Olmec Archaeological Museum, Parque La Venta, Villahermosa, Tabasco State, Mexico

Republic of Colombia, San Augustin, Departamento Huila, archaeological site, prehistoric statues carved from lava and basalt, Colombia, South America

Detail Of Three Musicians Sculpture In Kenmare River Park, Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland

A photograph taken of the temple of Hathor and Nefertari, also known as the Small Temple. The temple was built about one hundred meters northeast of the temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II and dedicated to the goddess Hathor and Ramesses II's chief consort, Nefertari, circa 1255 BC. Nefertari, also known as Nefertari Meritmut, was an Egyptian queen and the first of the Great Royal Wives (or principal wives) of Ramesses the Great.

Mexico.Oaxaca.Z.A. de Monte Alban.Cultura Oaxaca(zapoteca y mixteca).Gran Plaza .Relieves en la Plataforma Sur.

Skulptur im Freilichtmuseum in Tuahuanacu, Bolivien Sculpture in outdoor museum in Tuahuanacu, Bolivia LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/JuliusxxFeketex 23297771

Detail from a pillar of one of the mandapams or mandapas, rock_cut cave temples within the ancient site of Mahabalipuram Mamallapuram, UNESCO World He...

stone sculptures, Stone and Man project, Qaqortoq, Greenland (Danish name: Julianehab), largest town in South Greenland

Relief depicting human skulls, detail of the Tzompantli, or Wall of Skulls, archaeological site of Chichen Itza (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1988), Yucatan, Mexico. Mayan civilization.

Barbarossa, face, sculpture, Kyffhäuser, monument, Kyffhäuserland, Harz, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Near Cancun, Maya Ruins Of Chichen Itza, The Tzompantli - Platform Of The Skulls

Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Near Cancun, Maya Ruins Of Chichen Itza, The Tzompantli - Platform Of The Skulls

Head of Medusa Sculpture in Basilica Cistern,an underground water reservoir and popular destination Istanbul, Turkey.11 April 2018. Basilica Cistern,an underground water reservoir in Istanbul

La Paz, Mexico. Market sculpture.

Wedgewood House Totem - Carver: Unknown. Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Russia, Moscow Oblast, Moscow, Zamoskvorechiye-area, Art Muzeon Sculpture Park, Soviet-era sculpture, monument to victims of Soviet-era prison camps, by Evgeny Chubarov

Reliefs on the Hieroglyphic Stairway, Copan (Unesco World Heritage List, 1980), Honduras, Maya civilization.

Bas-relief, skulls carved in stone, Maya city, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico

Carved stone figure from Margam Abbey, 12th century. Artist: Unknown

Monumento a Juan Sebastian Elcano y estatua con forma de mascaron de proa de barco del escultor Victorio Macho, siglo XX, Guetaria, localidad natal del marino Juan Sebastian Elcano, Guipuzcoa, Euzkadi, Spain, Europe

Close_up of Stele E, Mayan ruins, Quirigua, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Guatemala, Central America

Glenveagh Castle, Co Donegal, Ireland, Bacchus sculpture in the Italian Garden

Historic Taino statue with face in Dominican Republic

Guatemala, Izabal, Quirigua National Park. Mayan archaeological site, Classic Period (AD 200-900). Great Plaza, detail of elaborately carved sandstone stelae (Large format sizes available).

Tombstone with relief depicting two praying figures. 1400-1450. The upper part shows the marriage formed by Gomez Patio and Maria de Galo to whom the tombstone belongs. Detail of the lower part, their twin daughters. From the Convent of Santo Domingo (La Corua, Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and History Museum of A Corua (San Anton Castle). Galicia, Spain.

Gargoyle at the fountain, Malemort-du-Comtat, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Southern France

woman showing her sex, Romanesque carving, Church of San Cipriano de Bolmir, Romanesque temple from the 12th century, Bolmir village, Campoo de Enmedio, Cantabria, Spain.

Ancient carved stone heads, Nemrut Dagi Nemrut Dag, on summit of Mount Nemrut, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, A...

Relieve de una espada romana.Ciudad Romana de Volubilis(II d.c.), yacimiento arqueologico.Marruecos.

Relief, culture Recuay.Huaraz Museum.Perú.

Stone reliefs, Copan (Unesco World Heritage List, 1980), Honduras, Maya civilization.

Placencia, Turtle Statue

MONOLITO DE CHALCHIUTLICUE ENCONTRADO JUNTO A LA PIRAMIDE DE LA LUNA - TEOTHIHUACAN - CRONOLOGIA: PERIODO CLASICO. Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA. MEXICO CITY. CIUDAD DE MEXICO.

relief depicting ball players at the Great Ball Court at Chichen Itza, a pre-Columbian city built by the Maya people of the Terminal Classic period. Chichen Itza was a major focal point in the Northern Maya Lowlands from the Late Classic (c. AD 600-900), into the early portion of the Post classic period (c. AD 900-1200). The Great Ball Court was used for playing the Mesoamerican ballgame. It is the largest and best preserved ball court in ancient Mesoamerica.41 It measures 168 by 70 metres (55

BAJORRELIEVE (ARTE TOLTECA). Location: JUEGO DE PELOTA. CHICHEN ITZA. CIUDAD DE MEXICO.

Guatemala, Izabal, Quirigua National Park. Mayan archaeological site, Classic Period (AD 200-900). Zoomorph P, masterpiece of Mesoamerican art, carved 20 ton stone (Large format sizes available).

Details in Palazzo della Spagnolo The Palazzo dello Spagnolo is a Rococo or Late-Baroque-style Palace in Central Naples

Stone serpent head at Great Temple, archaeological site and museum of Templo Mayor, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America

Granite statue, Ramesseum, mortuary temple of Ramses II, necropolis Thebes, Luxor West Bank, Luxor, Egypt, Africa

Fountain of the Lions, Murillo de Río Leza, La Rioja, Spain, Europe.

old column in the africa sky history and nature

Rest of a Corinthian column, Ephesus, Turkey, Asia

Egyptian Art. Sacred beetle. Giant statue, built by Pharaoh Amenhotep III (Imenhetep III). Represents Khepri, god of sunrise. Sacred Lake. Temple of Karnak. Around Luxor. Dynasty XVIII. New Kingdom.

Stele N, 761 AD, Copan (Unesco World Heritage List, 1980), Honduras, Maya civilization, 8th century.

Sculpture of the Beast of Gevaudan, Saugues, Haute-Loire Department, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France, Europe

Moss covered sculpture in Bali

Unesco world heritage site Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico, Central America

Bas-reliefs of Prambanan temple, Indonesia, Java, Yogyakarta

The discoveries of Augustus Henry Julian Le Plongeon (1826-1908) was a British-American archeologist and photographer who studied the pre-Columbian ruins of America, particularly those of the Maya civilization on the northern Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, South America. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1884

Petroglyphs of Vigirima, also known as Tronconero's Painted Stone, Piedra Pintada archaeological site, San Esteban National park, Carabobo state, Venezuela, South America

Menhir statue Filitosa V back view, Filitosa, Corsica, Filitosa, Corsica, France, Europe

Guatemala, Quirigua National Park. Grande Plaza, detail of highly carved stone stelae. (Large format sizes available)

MAYA carving featuring BALL PLAYER rolling losing opponent down temple steps - YAXCHILAN RUINS, MEXICO

Woodcarvings at the entrance of the university library, Goroka, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania

Statue eines Affen Statue eines Affen Copyright: xZoonar.com/RuslanxNassyrovx 22658633

Italy. Tuscany. Sovana. Ridge of Sopraripa. Tomb of the Siren. Iii Century Bc.

Stone statue of Babi, the first-born son of Osiris, god of the dead. Found at the Ramasseum memorial temple (or mortuary temple) of Pharaoh Rameses II (c. 1303 BC - 1213 BC). located in the Theban necropolis in Upper Egypt, across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.

Early Classic stela 11, sculpted figure of a warrior with the attributes of Tlaloc, Yaxha, third largest Maya ruined city, Yaxha, Guatemala, Central America

Stone sculpture, dead Jesus, Wuerzburg, Lower Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Cxcavations, Ephesus, Efes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Curetes Street, Selcuk, Lycia, Southwest Turkey, west coast, Western Turkey, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

Leipzig Monument to the Battle of the Nations

Falcon statue of the god Horus, first pylon, Temple of Horus, Edfu, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt, Africa

Relief Apollon Mithras, Adiyaman Province, Kahta, 1st century B.C., Commagene, statue, Nemrud National Park, Nemrut, Turkey, Asia

Marcello Cammi, sculptor and painter from Bordighera Italy, sculpted and painted along the Sasso river for most of his life

Archaeological pre-Hispanic Mayan replica of a tablet from Palenque at Cozumel Chankanaab National Park on Cozumel Island near Cancun in the state of Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Candi Sewu, part of Prambanan, a 9th-century Hindu temple compound. Detail of bas-relief carving on wall. Java. Indonesia.

sculptures of the 14 apostles on the façade, sculptor Jorge Oteiza, Arantzazu Sanctuary, municipality of Oñati, , Basque Country, Spain.

Graffiti in the form of Haida artwork, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada

Cabeza de fauno en bajorelieve en una pieza de marmol trapezoidal invertida.

Parutino, Ukraine 08.17.2019. Ancient greek colony Olbia on the banks of the Southern Bug River in Ukraine on a cloudy summer day, Olbia, Ukraine

Janus Figure, Boa Island, Lower Lough Erne, Co Fermanagh, Ireland

rocks stone and red orange gneiss in the wall of morocco

England, Somerset, Montacute. Montacute House - a magnificent Elizabethan renaissance Ham Hill stone manor house. It was the location for the 1995 'Sense and Sensibility' film and was described as as one of the glories of late Elizabethan architecture. In the formal gardens an elaborately carved toten pole carries the Roay coat of arms.

Moai statue, Rano Raraku, Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island, Chile

Sculpture of mayan god Chac-mool in Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico

Monument to the pilgrim, Jorge Oteiza, Valcarlos. Santiago's road, Navarra, Spain.

FRISO DE LOS ARQUEROS PROCEDENTE DE SUSA - SIGLO VI AC. Location: BRITISH MUSEUM. LONDON. ENGLAND.

Germany, Berlin, 09. 06. 2021, Thaelmann Monument in Ernst Thaelmann Park, hammer and sickle, bird, Europe

Low angle view of Moai statues, Rano Raraku, Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island, Chile

House frontal pole, Haida. British Columbia, Canada. About 1850, red cedar wood. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.

Stele with Mayan inscriptions in Chichen Itza 2

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

Sculpture frog rider by Richard Rother, frog strangler, strangle, fight, embrace, dwarf, small, figure, stone, grey, frog figure, Kitzingen, Lower Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Maori Sculpture, Christchurch City Park, New Zealand.

Alok Ikom Stone Monoliths, Alok, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa

Jaguar shaped receptacle for hearts of sacrifice victims, Aztec, Mexico, Templo Mayor

Old stone statues, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tierradentro, Colombia, South America

Raven Above Sea Serpent With Wolf And Macquinna Mask - Carver: Norman John 1988. Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. Relief mural in the Great Temple of Ramesses II. (Editorial Use Only)

Europe, Germany, Saxony, Leipzig, hall of Fame in the Monument of the Battle of the Nations

Menir U Nativu, Patrimonio, Corsica, France, Europe

Stele of friendship between nations on the Lukas Hill in Magdeburg

Fontana degli Artisti, Via Margutta, Rome, Italy

ELENA, BULGARIA JULY 30, 2018: Sculpture of head of American journalist and war correspondent Januarius Aloysius MacGahan

Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island. Cedar Man, Cedar Women, Carver, Simon Charlie 1986.

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Fountain at the ruins of Herculaneum, Ercolano, Campania, Italy, Europe

Piedra del Sol. Cultura Azteca. Museo Nacional de antropologia. Estado de Mexico D.F.Mexico.

Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island. Thunderbird Above Killer Whale, Carver, Basil Alphonse (James) 1988.

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