Ancient Rock Art

Various petroglyphs depicting figures and symbols on rock surfaces, showcasing historical artwork and ancient cultures.

Hawaii, Hawaiian Petroglyph in rock.

YACIMIENTO DEL CANTO DEL CUERVO. VISTAS DEL ABRIGO Y PINTURAS RUPESTRES. PROYECTO SIGAREP II.

Hawaii, Hawaiian Petroglyph in rock.

ESTACION DE ARTE RUPESTRE DE DOMINGO GARCIA, ROCA C. PROYECTO SIGAREP II.

CUEVA DE LAS AVISPAS (107/2R): PINTURAS.

PINTURAS. SU NUMERACION: PV 1 152 029R.

Detail from wall carving of Eagle-headed protective spirit. Assyrian, (approx. 865-860 BC). From the North-West Palace in Nimrud.

ABRIGO DE LA ENFERMERIA: POSIBLE FIGURA O DIBUJO FUERA DEL ABRIGO.

Campaigning in southern Iraq. Assyrian about 640-620BC. From Nineveh. Assyrian soldiers lead prisoners through a landscape of date-palms, with a river beyond. At the far end heads are counted and the booty piled in front of two clerks recording the details in a book and on a scroll.

ABRIGO DE LOS ALCORES (67/1R): DETALLE PINTURAS PARTE INFERIOR DEL PANEL.

BATIDOR CON TEA DEL GRAN PANEL CON LA CACERIA DE ONAGROS - FRESCO OMEYA DEL CASTILLO DE QUSEIR AMRA - SIGLO VIII. Location: CASTILLO. QUSEIR AMRA.

Portugal. Roman ruins of Miróbriga. Ancient Lusitanian settlement whose present-day ruins are dated to the Roman period, between the 1st and 4th centuries. Detail of the remains of a fresco that decorated a room wall. Surrounding area of Santiago do Cacém. Alentejo Region.

Egyptian Art. Necropolis of Saqqara. Hieroglyphs in a mastaba. Relief. Old Kingdom. Egypt.

YACIMIENTO DE LA ATALAYA I. VISTAS DEL ABRIGO Y PINTURAS RUPESTRES. PROYECTO SIGAREP II.

Engraved support from a tumulus, Prehistoric Artist: Unknown

PIEZAS DE LA EXPOSICION "ARTE SIN ARTISTAS": REPLICA DEL PANEL GRABADO DEL YACIMIENTO DE SIEGA VERDE (VILLAR DEL CIERVO, SALAMANCA). CABALLOS AL GALOPE.

Three Rivers Petroglyph National Site, a (BLM) Bureau of Land Management Site, features a Thunderbird, one of more than 21,000 Native American Indian petroglyphs and examples of prehistoric Jornada Mogollon rock art, off Route 54, South of Carrizozo, New Mexico

ABRIGO DE LA DEHESA O LAS ROTURAS (27003/1R): FIGURA GEOMETRICA DEL PANEL I (PARED DERECHA).

Fragment of a carved relief depicting a spearman from Nineveh, Iraq. Dated 668 BC

SARCOFAGO PALEOCRISTIANO DE POZA DE LA SAL. DEPOSITO: MUSEO PROVINCIAL DE BURGOS.

Courtyard of the Temple of Rameses III at Medinet Habu, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. The temple has inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. Initial excavation of the temple took place sporadically between 1859 and 1899

Courtyard of the Temple of Rameses III at Medinet Habu, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. The temple has inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. Initial excavation of the temple took place sporadically between 1859 and 1899

Apsis von Marmellar apse of Marmellar, Romanesque from the 12th century, former chapel of San Miguel del Castell de Marmellar, Montmell Baix Penedés, National Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 23146426

Dei El Bahari.

Egypt, Amarna, Tell el-Amarna, Necropolis, Tomb of Panehsi, relief detail

ABRIGO DE LOS HORCAJOS. DETALLE PARTE SUPERIOR CONJUNTO DERECHA DE LA DIACLASA DEL FINAL DEL ABRIGO.

ABRIGO DE LOS ALCORES (67/1R): DETALLES DEL PANEL CON PINTURAS.

Reconstruction of the Balawat Gates, three sets of gates from Balawat, an ancient Assyrian Empire, with embossed scenes showing scenes of warfare, the presentation of tribute and hunting of Lions and bulls.

Petroglyphs found in UT

Unesco world heritage sight Chongoni Rock-Art Area, Malawi, Africa

Petroglyphs, Colorado River basin, 6000 BC to 1300 AD, Utah, United States of America, North America

SPAIN - La Huerta de Murcia (district) - MURCIA. Murcia (capital); Museo Arqueológico; detalle cerámica "Kalathos" de sepultura íbera; yacim. "Cabecica del Toro, Verdolay; siglo II a.C.

Hunting scene with antler, dog and hunter, Etruscan rock drawing, iron age, Naquane, Val Camonica, UNESCO World Heritage Site Val Camonica, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

DT DE LA REPRODUCCION DE LAS CUEVAS DE ALTAMIRA. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Mammoth cave painting. Paleolithic .Peche Merle. 20 000 BC FRANCE.

Traces of the bark beetle

Baptistery wall painting: David and Goliath (withInscription)

RELIEVE - PRISIONERO TRABAJANDO EN CONSTRUCCION. Location: BRITISH MUSEUM. LONDON. ENGLAND.

ABRIGO DE LA DEHESA O LAS ROTURAS (27003/1R): PINTURAS DEL PANEL II (PARED DERECHA).

Close up of detailed stone carving of Mayan warrior holding head; Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico

Panel depicting a winged Victory, by Unknown artist, 25,1st Century, stucco. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme: Cubicolo D volta. Fragment of the ceiling. Panel with winged Victory wings frame

Lion hunt on horseback. Assyrian, 645-635 BC. Grooms lead horses towards a screened enclosure, within which the royal chariot is being prepared for the hunt. Men struggle to push one horse into position;the other is having its harness tightened. King Ashurbanipal is already in the chariot and reaches back to receive a bow which is being handed to him.

Assyrian wall relief depicting the royal lion hunt. Assyrian, about 645-635 BC From Nineveh, North Palace.

CUEVA DE LAS AVISPAS. PINTURAS.

Relief fragment, tomb of Meketre ca. 1981-1975 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Relief fragment, tomb of Meketre 562098

Caribbean, Dominican Republic, San Pedro de Macoris, Cave of Wonders, cave painting

Bas-relief carvings, Angkor Wat, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

PINTURAS AL FRESCO DE LA IGLESIA DEL DIVINO SALVADOR DE VEJER DE LA FRONTERA. Location: IGLESIA DEL DIVINO SALVADOR. VEJER DE LA FRONTERA. Cadiz. SPAIN.

Viking rock carvings at tanum in sweden

Trilithon at Stonehenge, 25th century BC.

ESTACION DE ARTE RUPESTRE DE DOMINGO GARCIA, ROCA A. PROYECTO SIGAREP II.

ABRIGO DE LA ENFERMERIA II (109/3-2R): DETALLE FIGURA 4.

Idol of Corao. Detail. Dolmen of Mian (Abamia). Cangas de Onis, Asturias. National National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Detalle de columnas del piso principal de la Casa Milà (La Pedrera) de Barcelona. Author: ANTONI GAUDI.

FIGURA FEMENINA ENCUADRADA EN UN ARCO Y SITUADA A UN LADO DEL TESTERO DE LA SALA DEL TRONO DEL CASTILLO DE QUSEIR AMRA - FRESCOS OMEYAS - VIII. Location: CASTILLO. QUSEIR AMRA.

COVACHO DEL PONTON DE LA OLIVA (107/1R): OTRO POSIBLE CONJUNTO DE PINTURAS HACIA EL TECHO DE LA CUEVA.

DECORACION VEGETAL DE LA CUBIERTA DE LA ALCOBA DEL CASTILLO DE QUSEIR AMRA - FRESCOS OMEYAS - SIGLO VIII. Location: CASTILLO. QUSEIR AMRA.

Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Azerbaijan

External detail from a church in Florence, Italy. Stonework reliefs, sculptures, and aesthetic embellishments adorn the outside of this church in Florence. This image shows a shield.

CUEVA DEL REGUERILLO. "DETALLE DE LAS LINEAS SITUADAS EN LA COLUMNA ANTERIOR. COLUMNA COMPLETA A TECHO HACIA LADO NORTE-DETALLE." MADRID, ESPAÑA.

Ardre Image Stones. Viking era. Ardre VIII. 8th-9th century. Scenes from Norse mythology: Thor fishing for Jormungandr, the punishment of Loki, Odin riding to Valhalla on Sleipnir. It was discovered at Ardre Church, Gotland, Sweden. The Swedish History Museum. Stockholm. Sweden.

Dei El Bahari.

Petroglyph, note attempt to remove petroglyph with power tool, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

PETROGLIFOS DE MOGOR. DETALLE PETROGLIFOS MARÍN, PONTEVEDRA, GALICIA, ESPAÑA.

ABRIGO DE LOS HORCAJOS (168/1R): PANEL 4.

Verblassendes Fresko an einer Häuserwand *** Fading Fresco to a House wall 1026902285

Relief depicting the union between Upper Egypt (reeds) and Lower Egypt (Papyrus). Detail. Base of the statue of Ramses II in front of the Temple of Luxor. Dated at the XIX Dynasty. New Kingdom. Egypt.

Battle scene in relief; The Ramasseum memorial temple (or mortuary temple) of Pharaoh Rameses II (c. 1303 BC - 1213 BC). located in the Theban necropolis in Upper Egypt, across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.

ABRIGO DE BELEN (153/1R): PARTE DERECHA DEL PANEL CON LAS FIGURAS 6, 7, 8, 9 Y 10.

A photograph taken within a tomb in the Draa Abul-Naga 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 BC to 1292 BC

Stone engraved with the representation of the gods Odin, Thor and Frey at the bottom. At the top a sacrifice is shown to Odin. A man standing gives a spear to a seated figure. Coming from Sanda, Gotland Island. Used as part of a coffin. Swedish History Museum. Stockholm, Sweden.

RELIEVE VISIGODO SIGLO VII - PLANTAS. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN PEDRO DE LA NAVE. Campillo. Zamora. SPAIN.

ABRIGO DEL PONTON DE LA OLIVA. HORNACINA DEL CONJUNTO C. DIBUJOS DE PUNTUACIONES E IDEOMORFO EN ROJO.

Beautiful wall paintings in the Necropolis of Tarchuna, Unesco world heritage site Tarquinia, Italy, Europe

Adam and Eve, Romanesque hermitage of Santa Maria de Tiermes, 12th century, Archaeological site of Tiermes, Soria, Castile and Leon, Spain.

Indian rock carving, Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta, Canada, North America

A photograph taken within the Karnak Open Air Museum, an archaeological museum in Luxor, Egypt. It is located in the north-western corner of the Precinct of Amon-Re at the Karnak complex.

Villanueva de Bogas village in Toledo by Camino de Santiago way of levante Spain

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses IV, graffiti on wall in corridor one, from twentieth dynasty

Diademed stele from Cañaveral de León, Bronze Age, 2200 BC. - 1000 BC, Huelva Museum, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain.

SARCOFAGO. DEPOSITO: MUSEO FREDERIC MARES . BARCELONA, CATALÑA, ESPAÑA.

Knowth, neolithic passage grave, UNESCO World Heritage Site, prehistoric Bru na Boinne, Valley of the River Boyne, County Meath, Leinster, Republic of...

The tomb of the high jumper in Paestum

Tomb chapel of Raemkai: west wall, offering bearers ca. 2446-2389 B.C. Old Kingdom The vertical column of blocks here comes from the south end of the west wall, and forms the outermost jamb of the False Door (see 08.201.1e).. Tomb chapel of Raemkai: west wall, offering bearers. ca. 2446-2389 B.C.. Limestone, paint. Old Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, North of the Djoser pyramid complex, Mariette D3, Egyptian Antiquities Service/Quibell excavations, 1907-08. Dynasty 5

flock of geese, Romanesque mural painting, Church of Sant Joan de Boí, Alta Ribagorça, National Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Indigenous woman, detail from a decoration painted on a kelebe, terracotta krater pot, Rutigliano, Puglia, Italy. Messapic civilisation, 5th century BC.

Clay, Hanoi district, Ceramics with foot powered wheel, Vietnam, Asia

Roman Era. Villa Fortunatus. Rural villa, dedicated to agricultural production. 2nd-4th century. Mosaic. Aragon. Spain.

Petroglyph of mask wrapping around corner of basalt boulder, Petroglyph National Monument, New Mexico.

petroglyph of an Onyx, cave site of Aït Ouazik, late Neolithic, Morocco, Africa.

Decorative elements of the Tomb of the Typhoon, Archaeological Area of Sovana, Tuscany, Italy, Etruscan civilization, 4th century BC.

Cast of the Trajan's Column, detail: indigenous dwelling along the banks of the river Rhine, Roman civilization

ABRIGO DEL CANTO DE LA CUEVA. PINTURA: REPRESENTACION ANIMAL.

Europe, Austria, Vienna, wall, painting, human silhouettes

Surviving bronze bands of the Balawat Gates (858-824 BC) from the palace of Shalmaneser III, Iraq. Bronze strips embossed with scenes of Shalmaneser's campaigns. First depictions trees and mountains in Assyrian art. Currently at the British Museum, London.

MOSAICO DE AQUILES-DETALLE CENTRAL-ROMANO. Location: VILLA ROMANA. OLMEDA. PALENCIA. SPAIN.

Tumba Amonemhat (53).

Australia; Northern Territory; Kakadu NP, Nourlangie Rock, Anbangbang Art Site. An aboriginal cave painting of a Nabulwinjbulwinj, a dangerous spirit who eats females after killing them.

Bas-Relief On A Stone Ledge Of El Castillo, The Main Temple Of Chavin De Huantar, Ancash, Peru

Statue of the God Amun. XIX Dynasty, Reign of Ramesses II. Circa 1290-1224 BC; Amun was one of the eight ancient Egyptian gods who formed the Ogdoad of Hermopolis. He was the god of the air. During the Twelfth dynasty (Middle Kingdom) Amun was adopted in Thebes, as the King of the gods with Mut as his consort

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