Ancient Statues and Guardians

A series of ancient statues, including Ksitigarbha-Bodhisattva and terracotta warriors, represent cultural heritage and history with weathered textures and earthy tones.

Terracotta soldiers UNESCO World Heritage Site

Statues of Goddess Sekhmet depicted with head of lioness and solar disk. Precinct of Mut. Karnak Temple Complex. Luxor. Egypt.

Japan, Kyoto, Myoshin-ji Temple, Buddha statues,

Passion altar from St Jürgen's Chapel, carving: Lübeck 3rd quarter 15th century, Jesus in Limbo Devil, St, Saint, Saint

Mayan wood mask rows Mexico handcraft faces indian culture

The Konso people of southwest Ethiopia worship the sky God, Waq, and place carved wooden effigies at prominent places to honour their illustrious ancestors. These eerie totems are often found grouped together. They can depict a dead hero, his wives, his enemies slain in battle or dangerous animals he may have killed in his lifetime.

Stone Mandarin Honor Guards at Tomb of Khai Dinh, Hue, North Central Coast, Vietnam

Ceremonial moai, Ranu Raraku, Easter Island

Moais statues, ahu Tongariki, easter island, Chile. Moais statues, ahu Tongariki, easter island

Mudmen wearing traditional costume for a Sing-Sing in Papua New Guinea

Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai, Colourful relief of sculptures in traditional robes with purple flowers in the foreground, Shanghai, China, Asia

Ahu Akivi, moais, Rapa Nui, Isla de Pascua, Easter Island, Chile. Ahu is an altar. These moais are inland unlike the others that are coastal, facing inland. Of particular interest to astronomers for their position and the Equinoxes.

Slavery commemorative monument in Martinique Island

Narabi Jizo statues landmark in Kanmangafuchi abyss, Nikko, Japan. Narabi Jizo statues, Nikko, Japan

Chile, Easter Island, Hanga Nui. Rapa Nui National Park, Ahu Tongariki. Fifteen large moai statues on the largest ceremonial platform in all of Polynesia. Moai with pukao (headdress). UNESCO (Large format sizes available)

Gia Sinh, Bodhisattva statues at the Bai Dinh Mahayana Buddhist Temple near Tam Coc, Ninh Binh, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Japanesse rock with a couple engraved on it in the countryside

Many Jizos image Many Jizos image. Shooting Location: Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture Copyright: xZoonar.com/MakotoxHondax 21936762

Balbals, historical gravestones in the shape of human faces, near Tokmok, Chuy, Kyrgyzstan, Asia

Fetish in Lobi village Fetish in Lobi village, in which there is animistic cult Copyright: xZoonar.com/MassimoxLamax 10693165

Japan, Miyajima, Daisho-in Temple, Rakan statues, Shaka Nyorai's disciples,

Ahu Nao-Nao Moais with red hat, Anakena, Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile, Unesco World Heritage Site, South America

Buddhist statues on lawn, Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, Singapore.

The Seto (Shveta) Machindranath, the 'White Machindranath', also known as Janabaha Dyo, was built during the 16th and 17th centuries, and is frequented by Buddhists as well as Hindus, the Buddhists regarding Machindranath as an incarnation of the Avalokiteshvara while the Hindus regard him as a manifestation of Shiva. Renovated and altered in the 17th and 19th centuries, the temple is surrounded by a number of small stupas, and its roof is capped with a particularly ornate pinnacle. The figure housed in the temple was discovered near Rani Pokhri, the Queens Pond, and every year in March or April it is carried in an exuberant chariot procession around the streets of Kathmandu. One of the spots visited during the procession is the place of its discovery. The festival usually lasts four days, but if some bad omen should occur, for example the breaking of one of the chariot wheels, the festival is easily, and joyfully, prolonged.

Pre-Colombian Funeral Sculptures of San Agustin, megaliths, Parque Archeologico, San Agustin, Huila, Colombia, South America

Statues of Buddha in a pagoda, Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar

Big Island, City of Refuge, Tiki statues, Puuhonua O Honaunau C1612

Asia, Indonesia, Bali, near Ubud. Balinese carvings.

Museum of the Mummies, Unesco site Guanajuato, Mexico, Central America

Mayan symbolic monument, Ceremonial Plaza Oxlajuj B'aqtun, next to the cemetery, Chichicastenango , El Quiché, Guatemala, Central America.

Terracotta Army exhibition

Moais at Ahu Tongariki (Easter island, Chile)

Thailand, Wat Rong Khun, modern temple, with Chiang Rai, builds in 1997 - in 2004, from the Thai artist Chalermchai Kositpipat

Two heads of ancient wooden totem figures museum Konso Ethiopia

Statue of a Tujia Warrior, national minority, Tujia Ethnic Folk Park Garden, Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, China, Asia

Central America, Honduras, Copan (aka Xukpi in Maya). Temple 22, temple of the Meditations. Row of carved skulls located on the lower part of the dorway called The Mouth of the Monster

historischer türkischer Begräbnisplatz in Pljevlja, Montenegro *** Historical Turkish burial ground in Pljevlja, Montenegro 1131602813

Xi'An, China - 26 November 2025: View of the Terracotta Army's silent ranks stand in solemn formation, an enduring legacy cast in earth and time.

Travel Alentejo interesting places Landscape in Oriental Garden Bacalhoa Buddha Eden Park with Monk stone figures in Portugal

Two stone carved figures on grassy hillside in nature park in South Korea

guardian lions of the entrance, Wuhou Shrine Complex (Wuhóucí) 223 AD, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China, Asia.

Masks in Myra, Lycia, Turquoise Coast, Turkey

Graves on the cemetery of Koya-san, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Wakayama, near Osaka, Japan, East Asia, Asia

Mason making Buddha figures, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Moais statues, ahu Tongariki, easter island, Chile

Indonesia, Sulawesi, Tana Toraja region. Tau tau, effigies of departed nobles, guard cave tombs at Marante village.

The sandstone reclining Buddha housed at Wat Dharmacakra Semaram is the oldest reclining Buddha in Thailand and dates back to the 8th century CE. The Dvaravati-style image is 13.5 metres long.

Asia, South Korea, Jeju Island, Seogwipo City, Dol Hareubang (harubang) protection and fertility statue

Petersberg Citadel, Erfurt, Germany ERFURT, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 30, 2024: Three bishop sculptures in front of the Citadel of Petersberg, one of the largest and best-preserved town fortresses in Europe. The citadel was built on Petersberg hill, in the north-western part of the old town centre. Copyright: xZoonar.com/Hansennx 22625500

JAPAN, NAGANO, ZENKOJI HONDO TEMPLE, ROW OF BRONZE STATUES OF BUDDHAS SITTING ON LOTUS FLOWERS

Detail of the Chinese Temple Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;photographed in October 2017. Detail of the Chinese Temple Kuala Lumpur

Statues at easter island Row with old statues at Easter island Copyright: xZoonar.com/IvonnexWierinkx 7205268

Guan Yin statue in Beomeosa temple Busan ,South Korea.

Hungary, Ópusztaszer, historic memorial, Arpad and his tribe leaders, statue,

North America, Canada, Quebec, Saguenay, Riviere-Eternite. Outdoor creche permanantly displayed near the International Exposition of Creches.

Fertility symbols, man of Beskonak, Cappadocia, Turkey, Western Asia, Asia

Asia, South Korea, Jeju Island, Gwaneumsa Temple

Buddhist monk statues at Golden Temple, Dambulla, Sri Lanka

Buddha statues in Funerary Carriage House, Wat Xieng Thong, Luang Phabang, Laos

Chiang Rai, Thailand. Wat Rong Khun, also known as the white temple. (Editorial Use Only)

Laughing Buddha statue at a temple, Jinfeng, Changle, Fujian province, China, Asia

Surrealist Garden Las Pozas In Xilitla, Mexico

Moais statues, ahu Tongariki, easter island, Chile

USA, HAWAII, BIG ISLAND, NATIONAL HIST. PARK, PU'UHONUA O HONAUNAU, PLACE OF REFUGE, TEMPLE, STATUES

Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland, Famine Memorial Outside The International Financial Services Centre (Ifsc)

Three ancient wooden totem figures museum Konso Ethiopia

Traditional Japan

Stone jizo statues with red aprons in the Okunoin Temple cemetery at Koyasan Mount Koya, Wakayama, Japan, Asia

Wood-carved effigies of the deceased, called Tau tau, Lemo, Toraja Land, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

BOTIJOS CON CARAS DE VALENCIANOS - VIDRIADOS Y POLICROMADOS. Location: FABRICA DON GIMENO. Manises. Valencia. SPAIN.

Overview of the Terracotta Army in the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, which is displaying the collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang (259 BC - 210 BC), the first Emperor of China, in Xian, China.

Images in Sanjusangen temple in Kyoto; Sanjiu Sango Images at Kioto. Part of album with 69 photos of a journey through Japan.

Tahai Platform Moai Statue Abstracts Easter Island during Tapati Festival Rapa Nui

Statues in Graveyard, Kansai, Honshu, Japan

Jizo (Bodhisattva) statues in Kanmangafuchi Abyss in Nikko, Japan

Hand -carved wooden figures of African wild animals at a stand in Pilgrim's rest of hand -carved wooden figures African wild animals at a stand in Pilgrim's rest copyright: xzoonar.com/ritaxfuchx 774801

Czech Republic, Children's War Victim's Memorial at Lidice

Ancient Maya Statue on the Sand Beach Ancient Maya Statue on the Sand Beach near the Ocean Copyright: xZoonar.com/albertoxgiacomazzix 12860238

wooden syncretic saints, Traditional market, Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala, Central America.

Japan, Kyushu Island, Ibusuki City, Thermal Sand Bath

Mummies on display at El Museo De Las Momias (The Mummies' Museum), Guanajuato, Mexico.

Tourists look at the mausoleum-monument and ornate tomb of Christopher Columbus where four heralds dressed in full court mourning carry the sarcophagus; they bear respectively the arms of, Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Navarre, the four nations which united under the rule of Ferdinand and Isabella, constituted the kingdom of Spain. The sarcophagus is of bronze, ornamented with enameled metallic plates, and in it are the remains of Columbus, the Discoverer of the New World and America in October of

Statues in Graveyard, Kansai, Honshu, Japan

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