Historic Religious Interiors

Depictions of ancient religious interiors and crypts, featuring stone architecture and remnants of early Christian art, conveying a sense of antiquity and reverence.

Armenia, Ararat Province. Geghard Monastery. Carved stone steles called khachkars, also known as Armenian cross-stone, set into cliff face.

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Basilica of San Clemente, Altar of Mithras.

small altar inside a domus in Pompeii, Naples

Crypt, St., Saint, Saint

INTERIOR DE LA ERMITA DE SAN BAUDELIO DE BERLANGA - MOZARABE - SIGLO XI. Location: ERMITA DE SAN BAUDELIO. CASILLAS DE BERLANGA. SPAIN.

Byzantine Art. Turkey. Cappadocia. Black Head Church (Karabas Lilesesi). Rock-cut church. Soganli Valley. Central Anatolia. Western Asia.

David Gareja, a rock-hewn Georgian Orthodox monastery complex located in the Kakheti region, Georgia, Central Asia, Asia

Inside Mikael Imba Church, one of the rock-hewn churches of Tigray, Ethiopia

Italy, Apulia, Gravina in Puglia, Rocky Church of San Michele, Altar

Armenia, Ararat Province. Geghard Monastery. Carved stone steles called khachkars, also known as Armenian cross-stone, set into cliff face.

Egipto. Tumba 155 Antek. Campaña Djehuty 2012. Tumba de ínter (TT-155).

Ciempozuelos (Madrid), 12/11/2014. Cloistered convent of Poor Clare nuns of Ciempozuelos. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. ARCHDC.

A photograph taken within Tomb KV8, located in the Valley of the Kings, used for the burial of Pharaoh Merenptah of Ancient Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty. Merneptah or Merenptah (reigned July or August 1213 BC - May 2, 1203 BC) was the fourth ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses VI, painted ceiling illustrating Book of the Day and Book of the Night cosmology with Illustrated Book of the Earth on left wall, from 20th dynasty

Statue of reclining buddha in pandulena caves, Nashik, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xShivjixJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

Frescoes in the church of Saint Proculus, Naturns, Vinschgau Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 9th century.

Byzantine church Panigia Kera near Kritsa, well-preserved and restored Byzantine frescoes in the three-nave domed church, Crete, Greece, Europe

Madonna and Child with Sts Benedict and Zenus, by circle Giotto, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Verona, San Zeno Basilica. Whole artwork. Madonna and Child with Sts Benedict and Zenus poor conditions.

anthropomorphe Gräber anthropomorphic tombs,church of the monastery of San Pedro de Rocas, Esgos, Ribeira Sacra, Ourense, Galicia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22762084

Broken statue in pale Buddhist cave Mahad Raigad Raigarh Maharashtra India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Tomb complex, northern pillar base and bishop's tombs, St., Sankt, Saint

Ancient Hillside Stone Carving of Shakyamuni Buddha Repaying His Parents’ Kindness - Baodingshan, Dazu, China

Dublin Churches, St Michans, Mummified Bodies (Crusader)

Naked-rumped tomb bats (Taphazhopus theobaldi), flying out of Garbhgriha stone carved door of 6th century AD old Shiv temple. Badami , Karanataka, India. Stone carving of Lord Shive and Parvati riding on Nandi on the ceiling. Badami , Karanataka, India

INTERIOR DE LA CRIPTA DE LA IGLESIA DE SAN SALVADOR DE LEYRE - SIGLO XI. Location: MONASTERIO DE SAN SALVADOR DE LEYRE. Leyre. NAVARRA. SPAIN.

Reneni fue Nomarca de la ciudad de Nejeb durante el reinado de Amenhotep I y también Supervisor de los sacerdotes de la diosa Nejbet.

Tomb Galleries St Paul's Church, Rabat, Malta

Mummified bodies, St Michan's Church Crypt, Dublin, Ireland

The Grotto of the Annunciation

Elephanta Island caves near Mumbai in Maharashtra state, India

Interior de la iglesia de la Abadía de Sant Martí del Canigó, fundada en el siglo XI en la localidad de Casteil, Francia.

INTERIOR DEL MIHRAB - 965 - ARQUITECTURA HISPANOMUSULMANA - PERIODO CALIFAL - SIGLO X. Location: MEZQUITA-INTERIOR. SPAIN.

cova de s'Ermità Guillem, archduke path, Valldemossa, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Altar of Church of St. Nicholas the Baptist miracle worker in Demre, Turkey Altar of the Church of St. Nicholas the Baptist miracle worker in Demre, Turkey Copyright: xZoonar.com/LeonidxEremeychukx 14081501

INTERIOR DE LA ERMITA MOZARABE DE SAN BAUDELIO DE BERLANGA - SIGLO XI. Location: ERMITA DE SAN BAUDELIO. CASILLAS DE BERLANGA. Soria. SPAIN.

IGLESIA PARROQUIAL DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA NATIVIDAD. DETALLE CAPITEL DE COLUMNA.

tympanum with effigy of Christ in Majesty in his mandorla and the four evangelists, basilica Saint-Just de Valcabrère, 12th century, Comminges, French Republic, Europe.

Lateral apses with fresco in the Church of Santa Quirze de Pedret, Berguedà, Catalonia, Spain. Dated 11th Century

Rock church, cave church, Chiese Rupestri, apse, Sant'Antonio, 14th-15th century frescoes, Gravina, gorge, cave town, Massafra, Murge Tarantine, Taranto province, Provinca Taranto, Puglia, Italy, Europe

Lord Rama, Lakshman, Sita, Hanuman, idols, Malyavanta Raghunatha Temple, Hampi, Karnataka, India, Asia India Copyright: xDuttagupta/DinodiaxPhotox -

Anthropomorphic graves, church of the monastery of San Pedro de Rocas, Esgos, Ribeira Sacra, Ourense, Galicia, Spain.

in georgia ubdano monastery the antique heritage of caucasian historical land

Beth Shean a mosaic floor at the Byzantine Sygma

CUEVA DE SIETE ALTARES, ANTIGUA ERMITA O SANTUARIO DE EREMITAS VISIGODOS (S. VII), CON RESTOS DE PINTURAS RUPESTRES. PROYECTO SIGAREP II.

Retablo de piedra de la iglesia de Sant Pere de Egara, Terrassa. Siglo XI.

Palestinian Territory, Bethlehem. Church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, cave where St. Jerome lived and worked which is located under the church.

World heritage site Dambulla, three rock cut temple of 1st century bc, Sri Lanka Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

SEPULCRO DE SANTA FROILA EN LA CAPILLA DE SAN FROILAN - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO ESPAÑOL. Location: CATEDRAL. LUGO. SPAIN.

Church of John the Baptist at Tolchkovo (1671-87), interior, south wall, with frescoes of Crucifixion and scenes from life of John the Baptist (1694-95), Yaroslavl', Russia; 1997.

Medieval stone carved tomb at Jerpoint Abbey in Kilkenny, Ireland

Deutschland Bayern Zeil am Main Stadtpfarrkirche St. Michael, gotische Sakristei, Fresken *** Germany Bavaria Zeil on Main City parish church St Michael, Gothic Sacristy, Frescos ,property released

The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia

Madrid, 06/23/2010. Bishop's Chapel. Photo Jose Alfonso. Archdc.

Floor Mosaics, St Nickolas Church, 4th Century, Myra Acient City, Demre, Antalya, Turkey

Stucco representation of the Popol Vuh showing the divine twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque in the Mayan city of Mirador

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Jerusalem. Lithostrotos cellar with the original paveisel that would have covered the 'through Dolorosa' at the time of Jesus' crucifixion. Second station. 1950. Israel, Jerusalem, Jordan

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is identified as the place both of the crucifixion and the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth. Originally built by the mother of Emperor Constantine in 330 A.D. The original Byzantine church was destroyed by the Persians in AD 614.

tomb of López Ximénez tomb of López Ximénez Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 22641345

Virgin Mary Monastery in Midyat, Mardin, Turkey, Asia

Engraved image of Mother Mary and Jesus Christ on wall, low angle view

Armenia. Sanahin Monastery

leones protectores de la entrada,cripta,iglesia romanica,de San Martín de Tours,consagrada en 1156, San Martin de Unx,comunidad foral de Navarra, Spain.

church Hauptkirche Beatae Mariae Virginis Marienkirche, Hauptkirche BMV, Princely Crypt Wolfenbüttel Niedersachsen, Lower Saxony Germany

Spain. Basque Country. Markina-Xemein. Church of San Miguel de Arretxinaga. 18th century. Baptismal font and carved cross.

Egipto. Tumba 133 Nefer Rompet.

POZO DE SANTA ISABEL - FOTO AÑOS 60. Location: IGLESIA DE LA VISITACION. AIN KARIM. ISRAEL.

Baptismal font of Basilica Son Peretó of Paleochristian cult, archeological site Son Peretó, Manacor, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

The interior of the orthodox Princely Church with paintings, frescoes in Curtea de Arges. Romania, Curtea de Arges.

IMAGEN DE LA VIRGEN DE NURIA. Queralbs. Comarca del Ripollès. Provincia de Girona. Cataluña.

hypogeum hypogeum, Punic necropolis of Puig des Molins, Archaeological Museum of Ibiza and Formentera, World Heritage Site Ibiza, biodiversity and culture, Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22153137

Carved cross, Grotte del Cantinone, Osimo, Province of Ancona, Italy, Europe

Wand painting with a Templar cross wall painting with a Templar Cross

France, Midi-Pyrenees, Aveyron Department.Detail from St. Pierre de Bessuejouls church on the Chemin de San Jacques, on the way to Santiago de Compostela.

ATRIO CON LOS SARCOFAGOS DE LOS SIETE INFANTES DE LARA Y TRES REINAS NAVARRAS - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO DE SUSO. SAN MILLAN DE LA COGOLLA. LA RIOJA. SPAIN.

Natha Siddha panels with depicting Adinath Girija and Matsyendranath on fish, Gaur Lena, Panhale Kazi cave number twenty-nine, Konkan, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xHemantxPatil/DinodiaxPhotox

Italy, Marche, Genga, Sanctuary Madonna di Frasassi

Interior of Christian tombs in St. Pauls catacombs on Malta, Europe

Eurasia, Caucasus, Armenia, Lori province, Sanahin monastery, Unesco World Heritage Site

Byzantine Mural seen on an interior wall of the Church of St Gregory of Tigran Honentz. Old Armenian capital near Ocakli ARMENIA.

Eighth Station of the Via Dolorosa Jerusalem

Georgia, Mtskheta. Alter in the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral.

Kanheri Buddhist caves , Borivali , Mumbai Bombay , maharashtra , India

Art. Germanic. Viking Age. Northern Europe. Runestones. Dedicated to their ancestors. National Museum of Denmark.

Mayan stela under roof in Copan, Honduras

Chapel Saint Mary, Capella de Santa Maria, Castle of Xativa or Jativa, Valencia province, Spain, Europe

View of the Shivalinga inside the Kunwar Matha in Jaso, Satna, Madhya Pradesh View of the Shivalinga inside the Kunwar Matha in Jaso, Satna, Madhya Pradesh

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, statues and stonework of the Passion Facade of the Temple of Sagrada Familia, by architect Josep Maria Subirachs.

SEPULCROS DE LOS ABADES JAIME, SENYOR BENET DE VALL Y BERENGUER (DE IZQUIERDA A DERECHA) EN EL CLAUSTRO DEL MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA DE ESTANY- XIV. Location: MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA. Estany. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Mary´s well, Nazareth, Galilee, Israel, Middle East

Italy, Sicily, Palermo, crypt inside the cathedral

Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Shrine of Cristo de la Luz. Former mosque, built at the end of the 10th century and converted into a Christian church in the 12th century. Remains of a fresco in an arcosolium of the church, depicting what is believed to be a Pentecost.

Headstone rest against a wall at a church in Vaga, Norway.

Libation holes before altar Ggantija Temple, Gozo, 2.800 BC.

Ur. (So called of the Chaldees). Intrusive neo Babylonian burials. 1932, Iraq, Ur (Extinct city)

BASILICA ROMANO CRISTIANA-PINTURAS. Location: SANTA EULALIA DE BOVEDA. BEGONTE. LUGO. SPANIEN.

Nakuta Laaab Monastery, Near Lalibela; Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Snake Deity, Juego de Pelota, The Ball Playground, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico, Central America

Chapel of the queen doña Mencía López de Haro, Monastery of Santa María La Real, Nájera, La Rioja, Spain.

PANTEON-CUEVA-VIRGEN DE LA ROSA. Location: MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA LA REAL DE NAJERA. NAJERA. Rioja. SPAIN.

Lots of stupas or replicas at Bhaja rock cut caves near Lonavala, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

FRONTAL PROCEDENTE DEL SEPULCRO DE STO DOMINGO. Location: MONASTERIO. SANTO DOMINGO DE SILOS. BURGOS. SPAIN.

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