Carved Religious Stones

Decorative carved stone tablets and tympana featuring religious motifs, showcasing ancient craftsmanship from various cultural contexts.

Armenia, Sevan. Carved stone tablets outside of the church of Surp Arakelots at the Sevanavank Monastery complex on Lake Sevan.

Armenia, Sevan. Carved stone tablets outside of the church of Surp Arakelots at the Sevanavank Monastery complex on Lake Sevan.

Tympanum of the north portal, Trinitarian chrismon held by two angels, San Pedro el Viejo Monastery, Huesca, Aragon community, Spain.

Lord Ganesh on wooden door frame, Kedarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India Copyright: xDilipxRajgor/DinodiaxPhotox

funerary headstone, Monastery of San Juan de la Peña, pantheon of nobles (11th century). Serrablo. Huesca. Spain.

ANGELES, Iglesia católica Colonial, San Bartolomé Jocotenango, municipio del departamento de Quiché, Guatemala, America Central.

Detail of hindu temple with swastika symbol, Indonesia

Mexico, San Miguel de Allende, door decoration

religious relief religious relief, sanctuary of Tiscar, gothic with mudejar elements, natural park of Cazorla, Jaen, Andalucia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21791813

Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen). The cathedral, Aachener Dom.

Thailand, Bangkok, Wat Benchamabophit aka The Marble Temple, Window Decoration depicting Scene from The Ramayana

Kumarajiva, (Chinese:Jjiumoluoshi; 344 CE - 413 CE) was a Kuchean (Kucha, Kuqa) Buddhist monk, scholar, and translator. He first studied teachings of the Sarvastivada schools, later studied under Buddhasvamin, and finally became a Mahāyāna adherent, studying the Madhyamaka doctrine of Nagarjuna. He settled in Chang'an (modern Xi'an). He is mostly remembered for the prolific translation of Buddhist texts written in Sanskrit to Chinese he carried out during his later life. Wuwei has a population of around 500,000, mainly Han Chinese, but with visible numbers of Hui as well as Mongols and Tibetans. In earlier times it was called Liangzhou. Dominating the eastern end of the Hexi Corridor, it has long played a significant role on this major trade route. Wuweis most famous historic artefact, the celebrated Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE) bronze horse known as the Flying Horse of Gansu, was discovered here in a tomb beneath Leitai Temple (Leitai Si) in the north part of town. Although the ori

Khachkar, the sacred cross-stone in Armenia

Roncesvalles Roncesvalles, priors tomb, Royal Collegiate Church of Santa María de Roncesvalles, Santiago s road, Navarra, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21267167

Mexico.Aguascalientes.Basilica Cathedral Nuestra Señora de La Asunción.Baroque the eighteenth century. Detail of the door.

Angels on the lintel Angels on the lintel, Colonial Catholic Church, San Bartolomé Jocotenango, municipality of the department of Quiché, Guatemala, Central America Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22071789

Artfully carved north portal, Celtic art with traditions of the Vikings, Urnes Stave Church, Romanesque church from ca. 1130, Vestland, Norway, Europe

Ornaments on the stave church of Ornes, Norway

Nuestra Senora de la Merced Cathedral, Antigua, Guatemala. UNESCO World Heritage Site.

ALDABA Y CANDADO EN LA PUERTA - FOTO AÑOS 60. Location: IGLESIA DEL SANTO SEPULCRO. JERUSALEM. ISRAEL.

Armenia, Sevan. Carved stone tablets outside of the church of Surp Arakelots at the Sevanavank Monastery complex on Lake Sevan.

Depiction of an angel at the entrance gate, Church of Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Buddha stupa carving on stone in kanheri caves Borivali Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xAnirudhaxCheoolkar/DinodiaxPhotox

Saint Pierre de Coutances church stall Coutance. France.

The dharma wheel, or dharmachakra in Sanskrit, is one of the oldest symbols of Buddhism.

Detail of a mourning sculpture on a Ursberg, Germany Detail of a mourning sculpture on a Ursberg, Germany Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 22911956

ESCUDO DE LA CATEDRAL CON LA REPRESENTACION DEL ALMINAR DE LA MEZQUITA DE CORDOBA CONVERTIDO EN CAMPANARIO EN EL SIGLO XIII - SIGLO XVI. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

Israel, Dead Sea Excavation, Ein Gedi Synagogue

Carved wooden portal, Heddal Stave Church (Heddal Stavkirke), thirteenth-century stave church in Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Regensburg, Trinity Church

St. Jerome as a Hermit and Penitent ; possibly by Veit Wagner ; linden wood

View of ancient stone carvings etched with intricate cross patterns stand as silent witnesses on the weathered walls of Tatev Monastery, Tatev, Syunik Province, Armenia.

Tamzhing / Tamshing Lhundrup Monastery was built in 1501 by Bhutanese saint Pema Lingpa (1450-1521) and is a temple complex in Bumthang District, central Bhutan. Tamzhing Monastery is the most important Nyingma gompa in Bhutan, a Tibetan Buddhist ecclesiastical place of learning that is a mix of a fortification, a vihara (monastery) and a university.

The Church of the Birth of Our Lady. Holy spirit, bible and croos. Surabaya. Indonesia.

Gravestone, detail, coat of arms of Bishop Alexander Franz Joseph Count von Engel, only bishop of Leoben, Goess Abbey, Leoben, Styria, Austria, Europe

cemetery, Santanyi, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

religious relief religious relief, sanctuary of Tiscar, gothic with mudejar elements, natural park of Cazorla, Jaen, Andalucia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21791582

Armenia, Tsakhkadzor. Kecharis Monastery, 11th century medieval monastic complex. Wooden door with cross on Katoghike Church.

ALTAR MAYOR-BALDAQUINO 1320/6- PLATA SOBRE MADERA.REPRESENTA EL CIELO.HECHO POR BERNEÇ, BERTOMEU Y A. Author: BARTOMEU / BERNEC. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR, GERONA, SPAIN.

religious relief, sanctuary of Tiscar, gothic with mudejar elements, natural park of Cazorla, Jaen, Andalucia, Spain.

religious relief religious relief, sanctuary of Tiscar, gothic with mudejar elements, natural park of Cazorla, Jaen, Andalucia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21791527

Cruz Procesional, siglo XV. Iglesia parroquial de Conesa, Tarragona.

Ankh or key of life. Relief. First courtyard of Ramses II. Temple of Luxor. Dynasty XIX (1320-1200 B.C.). New Empire. Egypt.

Stava church at Folk Museum, Olso, Norway

Apsara, a celestial female figure in Buddhist and Hindu mythology, reliefs sculpted at the exit of a tunnel, Oriental Buddha Park, Leshan city, Sichuan, China, Asia.

South America, Bolivia, religious monument on hillside above Copacabana

Abutment with tibetan script woodcarving of monastery Tangri Gompa Phu Nar-Phu Annapurna Region Nepal

Khachkar, the sacred cross-stone in Armenia

Detail of the freemasonry door in Turin (Torino) - Italy

Japan,Tokyo,Kamakura,Kotokuin Temple,The Great Buddha,Hand Detail

Spain , Catalonia, Royal Cisterciens Monastery of Vallbona de les Monges ,Inside Church , XII century

Monastery church, Romanesque cross from the west façade, now placed in the choir, St., Sankt, Saint

Funeral aedicule with angel and cross, sculpture by M.Sacanell Pou, (Jaime Burguera Garau), Campos cemetery, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA - SPAIN - Santiago (district) - Galicia - A CORUÑA. Santiago de Compostela, Cathedral Museum; "English" altarpiece representing apostle Santaaigo´s life & death ( XVth cent.)

Island church, console in the nave, Baruch and Joseph

Woodcarving, Wooden Church of St. Nicholas, 1643, Budesti, Maramures, Romania, Carving, Europe

craneo tallado en un altar,catedral de Santiago, Patrimonio Mundial de la UNESCO,Sibenik, costa dalmata, Croacia, europa.

Eye of Providence All-Seeing Eye

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).

Cruz Procesional, 1415. Iglesia parroquial de Verdú, Lleida.

Europe, Ireland, Glendalough. Cletic Patterns on Cross at Glandalough.

Circular mosaic religious symbol of Shinto on stone wall

Christian ornament on a house ruin at the archeological site of Khirbet Hass or Shinsharah, Dead Cities, Syria, Middle East, West Asia, Asia

syncretic symbolic relief on the door,, San Gaspar Chajul church, Department of Quiché, Ixil Triangle, Guatemala, Central America.

Red khachkar. An old carved cross in tufa,Armenia. Copyright: xZoonar.com/MikhailxPogosovx 8796896

Armenia. Odzun Church. Soviet Souvenir In The Church

The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ on a wooden wall Copyright: xZoonar.com/OlgaxPopovax 4053842

sculpture glass and a cross in old church in the center of buenos aires argentina

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Details of carving on the door of the church, Monastery of St. Catherine 1900, Egypt, Sinai

Circular mosaic religious symbol of Shinto on stone wall

Rose on the tomb of 14th century poet Khajeh Shamseddin Mohammad Hafiz Shirazi, located in Musalla Gardens; Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran

Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Religious Hindu mural. (Editorial Use Only)

Iglesia romanica de la Assumpció de Coll (s.XI).Valle de Boí.Alta RibagorÇa.Catalunya. España.

Drawings, cult of the dead, skulls and bones in the Oratorio Sant'Anna with ossuary in Poschiavo, Canton Grisons, Switzerland, Europe

Carving stone, church of St. Augustine, UNESCO World Heritage, Old Goa, Velha Goa, India Copyright: xMadhusudanxTawde/DinodiaxPhotox

North aisle, choir stalls from the 15th century, St., Sankt, Saint

Water spouting figure with water basin

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Vatican City, St Peter's Square, St Peter's Basilica, brass marker in the nave.

Mosaic in Saint-Martin d'Ainay basilica.

Crismon, monogram of Christ, Alaró Cemetery, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Ruinierte geschnitzte Skulpturen von Hindu-Gottheiten mit Tänzern im Trikutalayam Kakatiya-Tempel, Nidigonda, Jangaon, Telangana, Indien. Ruined carved sculptures of Hindu deities with dancers at Trikutalayam Kakatiya Temple, Nidigonda, Jangaon, Telangana, India. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 23416861

South America, Peru, Historic Centre of Lima. A lion's head in gold leaf in the Basilica Cathedral. (UNESCO World Heritage Site)

Garbhagriha of Temple Near Kakuni Ganesh Temple, Baran, Rajasthan, India. Garbhagriha of Temple Near Kakuni Ganesh Temple, Baran, Rajasthan, India. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 21290476

Relief of peacock decoration for Ganapati festival, Pune, Maharashtra, India, Asia Copyright: xNitinxKelvalkar/DinodiaxPhotox

Ancient wood carvings in Thailand

Laos, , Vientiane, Haw Wai at Pha That Luang - Prayer Gate

seal of Stefan Stanisław Czarniecki, Starost of Brańsk and Kaniv. Czarniecki, Stefan Stanisław (fl. - 1701), signatory

Kumkum applied on goddess durga, Kolkata, West Bengal, India Copyright: xDebasishxBanerjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Templar Church of the Vera Cruz, Zamarramala, Segovia, Spain, Europe

Circular mosaic religious symbol of confucianism on stone wall

Coat of arms in Votivkirche

Stone Cross Stone Cross near the Catholic Church in Portugal, Instagram Effect Copyright: xZoonar.com/gkunax 8143323

Inside the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral, built between 1902 and 1906, Sibiu, Romania, Eastern Europe

Armenia. Yerevan. Zvartnots Cathedral

Zimbabwe, Serima, Native African Depiction Of Christ And The Evangelist.

Song Vinh Church. Main portal with New testament scenes. Vietnam.

San Lorenzo del Escorial (Community of Madrid), 04/27/2018. Basilica and Cross in the Valley of the Fallen. Photo: Guillermo Navarro ARCHDC.

Icon in the 19th century, Greek Orthodox, Chapel of St. George on Mount Lycabettus (Lycabettos), in Athens, Greece

Epitaph in the southern side choir, black limestone (bluestone), Abbot Johannes von Gertzen (died 1620), St., Sankt, Saint

Inlaid plate in the church wall, Argiroupolis, Creta, Greece

Closed Door at Haedong Yonggungsa Temple in Busan, South Korea

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