Ancient Writings and Inscriptions

A collection of ancient inscriptions and graffiti, featuring colorful Egyptian hieroglyphics, rock art, and Latin epitaphs on gravestones, highlighting historical artistry.

165 assets in this story
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chests of tea, printing, inscription, economy
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Close-up of Alphabets signboard against gray wall
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Plaque commemorating the executed, Villa Grimaldi, torture center, Santiago de Chile, Chile, South America
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New Hampshire, Canterbury Shaker Village, former Shaker religious community, print shop detail
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Il teatro alla scala, modello del palcoscenico, 1930
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North America, USA, New Mexico, El Morro National Monument Inscriptions on Cliffs
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Tiling celebrating building of Courthouse Tiling sign of famous Santa Barbara court house in California Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevexHeapx 4201545
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Map of Santiago in 1712 on the Plaza de Armas, Santiago, Metropolitan Region, Chile
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Detail of wayfinding. The Foundry, Social Justice Centre, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Architecture00, 2015.
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England, London, Westminster Abbey, Poets Corner, Memorial Stones to Famous Writers
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Germany, Hesse, Frankfurt, Text on wall
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French Polynesia, Tahiti, Maupiti, Tahitian writing at ancient sacred site
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Information panel at reconstruction of German First World War One trench at the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917, Zonnebeke, Belgium, Europe
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The Luther Bible by the students Chantal Seibert and Jasmin Gothmann on the Ferropolis Art Trail in Graefenhainichen, Saxony Anhalt, Germany, Europe
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04 08 2024, Germany, NRW, Car Tire Manufacturer, Faded Advertisement for Continental Tires on a House Wall, Germany
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Caravan Pictures Series. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Old carved stone book Old carved stone book in afternoon sunlight Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevexBallx 7351829
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Symbolbild, Briefporto, Portoerhöhung, Briefkastenklappe an einer Ziegelwand mit der Aufschrift Briefe, Poststreik *** Symbolic image, Letter postage, Postage increase, Letterbox flap to a Brick wall with the Inscription Letters, Postal strike 1131602142
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Paris, France Group of posters of the national loan of 1920 , (French - Paris , France Groupe d' affiches de l' emprunt national de 1920). Borrowing, shipwrecked image, bank , finances, poster, war effort , war work, drawing, Economic activity, registration , information, First World War, Art, France, Paris, borrowing nal 1920 different posters
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old book in red rock desert
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Locker with visitors' book and register at Canadian First World War One cemetery in West Flanders, Belgium
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European Center of Solidarity (Europejskie Centrum Solidarności ECS) with wooden plaque of the 21 demands of the strikers at the exhibition on the resistance of shipyard workers and the Solidarność trade union (Solidarnosc) in Gdańsk (Gdańsk) in the Pomorskie Voivodeship of Poland
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Geschichte Architektur Kunst Kultur 18.05.2025 Potsdam Nauener Vorstadt Villa Schlieffen am Verwaltungsbestand der Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Pfingstberg in Potsdam Schaudenkmal Mathias Döpfner Vorstand Axel Springer AG als Geldgeber. Der Grundgedanke die Villa wurde eingefroren und zwar auf dem Stand von 1994. Damals haben die sowjetischen Truppen die Gebäude verlassen und so die offene Wunde der Rande es Pfingstberges sichtbar gemacht Fundstücke Potsdam GER *** History Architecture Art Culture 18 05 2025 Potsdam Nauener Vorstadt Villa Schlieffen at the administrative inventory of the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Pfingstberg in Potsdam Exhibition monument Mathias Döpfner Board of Directors Axel Spri
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Posters
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USA, North Carolina, Wilmington, The Cotton Exchange, Peebles Block (Large format sizes available)
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Mozambique, Lake Malawi, Cobwe. Passport control at the town of Cobwe on the banks of Lake Malawi
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Messages and graffiti on the grave stone of Oscar Wilde, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France, Europe
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Old printing press typeset spells TAXES
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Writing, General Purpose 750LB Explosive US Bomb, on an unexploded US bomb from the Vietnam War in 1972, Phonsavan, Xieng Khuang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Spice Market' sign on moss-covered wall.
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A forgotten story amidst the dust coffee stains and an open journal on a weathered surface.
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Converted church sign turned in menu for tourist restaurant at Castle Hill; Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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FRANCE, French Alps (Isere), GRENOBLE: Museum of Resistance and Deportation: WW2 Era Deportation Exhibit
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The "road to the camp", plaque in Oranienburg showing the 1.8km route to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Oranienburg, Sachsenhausen, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe
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Yun Yat, alias Comrade At, was the wife of Son Sen, Defence Minister of Democratic Kampuchea. On October 9, 1975, the Standing Committee of Communist Party of Kampuchea placed her in charge of information and education. In 1977, she was appointed as Information Minister. On June 10, 1997 Khieu Samphan declared that Yun Yat and Son Sen had been arrested as spies of Hun Sen and Vietnam, and declared as traitors. Yun Yat, Son Sen and eight relatives were executed on June 15, 1997 on the orders of Pol Pot.
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Romania, Transylvania, Bran Castle National Monument (aka Dracula's Castle). Old map on castle wall.
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Braille sign in five languages. Armenia, Ararat Province. Geghard Monastery.
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SUB-ANTARCTICA, SOUTH GEORGIA GRAVE OF ERNEST SHACKLETON, ANTARCTIC EXPLORER
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A wooden crate more than a century old is shown Aug. 26 , 2022, at the Fort McCoy History Center in the historic Commemorative Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. The crate was donated to Fort McCoy by Alan McCoy of Sparta, Wis., who is the grandson of Maj. Gen. Robert Bruce McCoy for whom Fort McCoy is named after. The crate, which once carried lard buckets, traces back to the time of Camp Emery Upton and Camp Robinson in Wisconsin around 1910.
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Item belonging to a member of the British Union of Fascists. The BUF was a fascist political party in the United Kingdom formed in 1932 by Oswald Mosley (1896-1980) a British politician
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Spain, Madrid, Centro Area, Puerta del Sol, Kilometro Zero, kilometer marker for the start of all Spanish roads
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Milan Italy. Biblioteca Ambrosiana. Ambrosian Library. The Codex Atlanticus by Leonardo da Vinci
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Aged dirty tablet with jungle inscription on land near trees in Jamaica
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Cher signature and handprints Hollywood
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Laos, Luang Prabang. UXO Laos Information Center, organization dedicated to clearing unexploded ordnance, exterior with bombs.
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Berlin Wall
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Colombo, Sri Lanka. 9th April 2022. People from many parts of the country gathered at the Galle Face Green in astronomical numbers demanding the stepping down of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Government. The protest is expected to last 48 hours straight unless intercepted first. The protest included people from all ethnicitys and of all social statuses.
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United States Department of Justice, lettering, Washington DC, District of Columbia, USA, PublicGround, North America
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Foot prints from Rub Keeler in front of Theatre 80 St Marks, a former Off-Broadway theater and movie theater. Closed in 2024, East Village, Manhattan, New York City.
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Sign
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ABC Islands, CURACAO, Willemstad: Otrobanda, Kura Hulanda Museum, Sign
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EAST GRINSTEAD, WEST SUSSEX/UK - June 11 : Sign on pavement during coronavirus pandemic in East Grinstead on June 11, 2020
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Zero Milestone, Washington, D.C., USA Zero Milestone, Meilenstein für die Ermittlung der Entfernung von Washington, D.C. auf den US-amerikanischen Fernstrassen, Washington, D.C., USA / Zero Milestone, point of the measurement of distances from Washington on highways of the United States, Washington, D.C., USA Copyright: xZoonar.com/GunterxFischerx 2031627
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battersea power station detail of battersea council electricity supply sign
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Canada, Quebec, Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive. Papeterie Saint-Gilles (aka Economuseum Saint-Gilles Paper). Historic fine cotton paper makers.
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Post Box In Church And Convent Of Santa Monica ; UNESCO World Heritage Site ; Old Goa ; Velha Goa ; India
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Tirana, Albania. Sign for the Peshkut Market. (Editorial Use Only)
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Inner folder, from Stones. Larry Rivers (American, 1923-2002); published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955). Date: 1957-1960. Dimensions: 540 x 646 mm (folded sheet). Oil on denim paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.