Ancient Sculptures and Monuments

Images of monumental sculptures including Egyptian sphinxes and Moai statues from Easter Island, presenting a glimpse into ancient civilizations and their artistry.

South America, Chile, Easter Island, Ahu Tongariki. Polynesian girls with huge moai (volcanic stone sculpture) (MR)

Egypt

Egypt, Giza, Sculpture of Sphinx, Close-Up. (Large format sizes available)

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

Pharao statues, temple site, Luxor, Egypt, Africa

The shape of faces carved by the wind in the rocks at Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA.

South America, Chile, Easter Island, Ahu Tongariki. Polynesian girls with huge moai (volcanic stone sculpture) (MR)

Colossi of Memnon, el-Colossat, es-Salamat, two ancient Egyptian colossal statues standing side by side from the 14th century BC They are located in the Nile Valley not far from the Valley of the Kings in West Thebes, Egypt, authentic reproduction of a school mural, historical, around 1900

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Colossi of Memnon. Stone statues depicting pharaoh Amenhotep III (14th century B.C.) in a seated position. Eastern colossus. Eighteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Luxor. Egypt.

Statue of the Herakles in Bisotun

Detail from a stone sculpture at the Five Rathas Panch Rathas complex at Mahabalipuram Mamallapuram, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tamil Nadu, India, As...

Colossal figure of a man by Ludwig Habich at the Ernst Ludwig House, Mathildenhöhe, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Karl Marx Monument, sculptor Lev Kerbel, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany.

Colosos de Amenhoteph III (Amenofis III) flanquean erguidos sobre sus plataformas, la entrada norte del templo del faraón también conocido como Amenhoteph III, en la ribera oeste del río Nilo a su paso por Luxor.

St. James sculpture passing through The Silver Route or Mozarabic Way, Extremadura, Spain St. James sculpture, a symbol of the route at The Silver Route or Mozarabic Way, Extremadura, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/JuanxAunionx 11208131

The Great Sphinx of Giza. limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. Facing directly from West to East, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx is generally believed to represent the Pharaoh Khafre. Cut from the bedrock, the original shape of the Sphinx has been restored. It measures 238 feet (73 m) long (circa 25582532 BC).

Europe, Norway, Oslo, sculptures in Vigeland Park, obelisk

Osiris statue at portico of Upper Terrace to Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahri; Luxor, Egypt

Colossus statue of Pharaoh Ramses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt, Africa

Close-up of a statue, Canosa Di Puglia, Puglia, Italy

Turkey, Eastern Turkey, Adiyaman. Mount Nemrut (aka Nemrut Dagi) UNESCO, Western terrace. Bearded stone head of Zeus-Oromasdes.

Sculptures of The Geneleos Group, Sacred Way, Heraion of Samos, UNESCO World Heritage Site,Ireo, Samos Island, North Aegean, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Granite sculpture, a monolith against a blue sky, Vigeland installation, Frogner Park, Oslo, Norway, Europe

Ramses II

Egypt. Great Sphinx of Giza. Limestone statue with lion body and human head. Is believed that represents the Pharaoh Khafra. Built as a protective guard on the banks of the River Nile. Old Kingdom. 2500 B.C. approximately. 4th Dynasty.

Statues of pharaoh Ramesses II wearing the double Atef crown of Upper and Lower Egypt at Abu Simbel.

Portugal,fantastic sand sculpture on summer portugal exhibition of sand sculptures in Pêra,Algarve Coast,South Europa,Europa

EASTER ISLAND, AHU TAHAI, MOAI STATUE WITH TOP KNOT

Turkey, Eastern Turkey, Adiyaman. Mount Nemrut (aka Nemrut Dagi) UNESCO, Western terrace. Bearded stone head of Zeus-Oromasdes.

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

Nemrud National Park, Adiyaman Province, Anatolia, Kahta, Kommagene, Nemrut, Statue, Relief Antiochus I. with Heracles-Anlagnes, Dexiosos scene, Turkey, Asia

Alto de los Idolos in ISNOS - Archaeological Park of SAN AGUSTIN . Department of Huila.COLOMBIA.

Sphinx

Jeronimos monastery cloister gargoyle

Monument, Karl Marx, Street of Nations, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Honduras, Copan Ruinas, Copan Archeological Park, Near Temple 11, Stone Head

Roman amphitheatre carving. Found at the Archaeology Museum and Roman Ruins, Ostie, Italy. The artist is unknown.

Bet She'an, Israel, Asia

Wood carved figures

Stone Sculptures, Dazu, China 1179 AD

ESCULTURA DE LA MONJA EN LA RUTA DE LAS CARAS DE BUENDIA - 1992 - 1,5 m. Author: JORGE JUAN MALDONADO (1962-) y EULOGIO REGUILLO. Location: RUTA DE LAS CARAS. Buendía. CUENCA. SPAIN.

MONUMENTO A LA SARDINERA-ESTATUA. Location: EXTERIOR. Santurce. Biscay. SPAIN.

Memnon statue , Archaeological sites, Antiquities, Sculpture. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

A carved stone statue, carved from the rock, Longmen Grottoes and Caves, Luoyang, Henan Province, China

Turkey, Istanbul, At Meydani, Relief, Base of Egyptian Obelisk

HUNGARY, Budapest, (South Buda): Statue Park / Szobor Park. Open Air Collection of Heroic Communist Era Statues

Egypt, Cairo, Egyptian Museum, garden, statues,

Terracotta Army, Hall 1, Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China, Asia

ESCULTURA DE LA DIOSA CHALCHIUHTLICUE-ESTILO DE TEOTIHUACAN. Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA. MEXICO CITY. CIUDAD DE MEXICO.

blur in iran near persepolis the old ruins historical destination monuments and mountain

Decoration of a public fountain in the ancient town of Herculaneum, Southern Italy

Monument to the Battle of the Nations

CA, Honduras. Carved head at Copan Ruins

Details in Catedral de Santa Maria Museum, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain

Ruins of a headless statue, Sabratha, Tripolitania, Libya

A sculpture in Warnemuende

Greenland, Tunulliarfik, Qassiarsuk. Brattahlid, monument to Erik Thorvaldsson (aka Erik the Red). (Large format sizes available)

Ancient carved stone heads of the gods, head of Heracles, Nemrut Dagi Nemrut Dag, on the summit of Mount Nemrut, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Anatolia,...

A sand sculpture on the beach during a competition in Siesta Key, FL.

"Stairway to Heaven", sculpture by Hermann Prigann, Halde Rheinelbe mine dump, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Stone sculptures, Easter Island.

Libya, near Tripoli, Sabratha, Seaward Bath, female statue without head

The Alabaster Sphinx, Memphis, Egypt.

Iran, Fars, Naqsh-e Rostam, sassanid relief of king Bahram II

Bagheria, Villa Palagonia

bust of pharaoh Echnaton (Akhenaten, aka Amenhotep IV) around black background .

Antonio Gaudi (1852-1926). Catalan archutect. Sculpture located in the gardens of the Crypt in Colonia Guell. Santa Coloma de Cervello, province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Relief of priest, Grotte del Cantinone, Osimo, Province of Ancona, Italy, Europe

Turbil statue-stele, 3rd century BC, Second Iron Age, Beire, Museum of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra,Spain.

Statues at the Friendship of Nations Monument, Kiev, Ukraine

Egyptian Statue

Egypt Thebes Colossi of Memnon

Luxor Hotel and Casino Las Vegas Nevada USA

Egyptian Art. Sphinx of Memphis. Alabaster. Probably dates between 1700 and 1400 B.C., during the 18th dynasty. Is believed that the sphinx honored Hatshepsut, Amenhotep II or Amenhotep III and flanked the southern entrance of the temple of Ptah. Mit Rahina Open Air Museum. Memphis. Egypt.

Middleham, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England. Statue of King Richard III by Linda Thompson at the ruins of Middleham Castle, his childhood home. (Editorial Use Only)

ESCULTURA-EJERCITO DE TERRACOTA-S III AC-DINASTIA QUIN. Location: MAUSOLEO DE QIN SHI HUANG.

Terra-Cotta Warriors

scene of the conquest of Majorca,Memorial Cross landing in Gran Via de la Creu. Santa Ponça, It was inaugurated in 1929, on the occasion of the commemoration of the seventh anniversary of the conquest, Calvia, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Close-up of a statue carved on a rock, Isabela, Puerto Rico

Carved head of Medusa at the archaeological site of Didyma , Turkey

Memorial Bittermark, Memorial, Detail of the relief, Artist Karel Niestrath, Dortmund, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Figures in the museum part of the Belfry city tower, Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Millennium sculpture on clifftop, Robin Hood's Bay, North York Moors N.P., North Yorkshire, England, May

Salamis, Greek Salamina, Latin Constantia, is an Iron Age city-kingdom and an ancient city at the mouth of the Pediaios in the east of the Mediterrane...

Egypt, Memphis (aka Menufer). Located between Giza & Saqqara. Stone statue of Ramsis II in outdoor museum.

Scissor, type of Roman gladiator. Relief. Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology. Turkey.

Sculpture The Lion de Belfort at the foot of a cliff France

Egyptian sphinxes: three statues in a row, useful fo museum concepts

India, Tamil Nadu, Mamallapuram, penalty of the Arjuna, rock art, bas-relief

ROSTRO DE CHEMARY EN LAS ESCULTURAS DE LA RUTA DE LAS CARAS DE BUENDIA - 2001 - 3,5 m. Author: JORGE JUAN MALDONADO (1962-) y EULOGIO REGUILLO. Location: RUTA DE LAS CARAS. Buendía. CUENCA. SPAIN.

Carving on Emir Abdelkader monument, Place de l'Emir Abdelkader; Algiers, Algeria

Fastnachtsbrunnen, Schillerplatz, Old Town, Mainz, Sculptures and reliefs of fantasy creatures with detailed texturing, Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Museum of Qin Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses, considered to be the most significant archaeological excavations of the 20th century, Xian, Lintong County, Shaanxi Province, China, Asia

Coast Salish art on Saanich Peninsula, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Sphinx of Hatshepsut. Granite. 18th Dyn. 1480 BC, EGYPT.

Xian China Historic Restored Terra Cotta Warriors ruin in a museum in Xian.

Bagnaia, Villa Lante, gardens/ Fountain of the Giants (Fontana dei Giganti)

Museum of the Terracotta Warriors, Mausoleum of the first Qin Emperor, Xian, Shaanxi Province, China, Asia

Sandsation, Sand Sculpture Festival in Berlin-Mitte, Germany, Europe

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