Ancient Rock Art

Fascinating prehistoric art forms including cave paintings and carvings, conveying historical narratives and cultural symbols from various ancient civilizations.

Aboriginal rock art, Carnarvon National Park, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

Aboriginal rock art, Carnarvon National Park, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

STELA 31 (445 AD) depicts a MAYA RULER with elaborate carved power symbols - TIKAL MUSEUM, TIKAL RUINS, GUATEMALA

GRAFITO A-150. COG. (EXPOSICION EL LEGADO CIENTIFICO DE AL-ANDALUS)(DEPOSITO: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO DE DENIA).

Prehistoric rock carvings, petroglyphs from the Fremont culture, of human-like figures on a rock, Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, USA

PINTURAS: REPRESENTACIONES ANINALES. SU NUMERACION: PI 1 152 001R.

Henry Cros (1840-1907), Manufacture de Sèvres. "Metals". Vase (detail). Sandstone, 1897. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. METALS Bas-relief, sleeping, woman, gres, man, sevre factory, vase, face

Stone Carving In Ball Court At Coba Mayan Ruins. Mexico

CUEVA DEL QUEJIGAL (67/2R): PINTURAS. PANEL UNICO.

Tomb KV9 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings was originally constructed by Pharaoh Ramesses V. He was interred here, but his uncle, Ramesses VI, later reused the tomb as his own. The layout is typical of the 20th dynasty - the Ramesside period 1145 BC

FRAGMENTOS DE FRESCOS CON POLIGRAMIAS ORIGINALES. Location: EXTERIOR. TEOTIHUACAN. CIUDAD DE MEXICO.

relief, Emirate of Cordoba period - Almohad, 9th - 13th centuries, Museu Municipal de Ciutadella,. Bastió de sa Font, Ciutadella, Menorca,Spain.

Sword Swallower, bas-relief found in ancient Hattusa, Turkey

COVACHO DEL PONTON DE LA OLIVA (107/1R): DETALLE FIGURA 10.

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

Graffiti on rock, close-up

Rupestral carvings from the Stone Age Hjemmeluft Norway

PINTURAS DE ARTE CUATERNARIO - PALEOLITICO SUPERIOR. Location: CUEVA DE SAN ROMAN. CANDAMO. ASTURIAS. SPAIN.

SARCOFAGO PALEOCRISTIANO DE BRIVIESCA (QUINTANA BUREBA). DEPOSITO: MUSEO PROVINCIAL DE BURGOS.

Ancient Carvings Aztec Eagle Warriors Palace, Templo Mayor, Mexico City, Mexico. Great Aztec Temple created from 1325 to 1521.

Pictish symbols of salmon, snake and mirror, Aberlemno Pictish stones, Aberlemno, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

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

Raised relief fragment 664-610 B.C. Late Period, Saite see 23.3.468. Raised relief fragment 548043

INSCULTURAS DE AS FRAGAS- ARTE RUPESTRE. Location: EXTERIOR. CAMPO LAMEIRO. SPAIN.

DETALLE DEL GRAN PANEL CON LA CACERIA DE ONAGROS SITUADO EN LA PARED OCCIDENTAL DEL GRAN SALON - SIGLO VIII - PINTURA OMEYA. Location: CASTILLO. QUSEIR AMRA.

Aboriginal Rock Art - Emu - Boomerang and Hands. Australia.

sowing in which the farmer uses a Roman plow drawn by two oxen sowing in which the farmer uses a Roman plow drawn by two oxen, sculptural frieze with an agricultural calendar, San Galindo Chapel, Parish Church of San Bartolomé, Campisábalos, Guadalajara, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21420048

Relief depicting two steinbocks fighting, from Roc de Sers

Italy, Lombardy, Brescia - Natural Reserve of Rock Drawings of Ceto, Cimbergo, Paspardo. Nadro didactic museum

Helen of Troy takes shelter at the image of Athena accompanied by Eros and Aphrodite, depicted on the Parthenon Friezes, Athens. 439 - 433 BC

Abydos, one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt; King Seti II

Replica painting from the Cave of Altamira (Cueva de Altamir) located near the historic town Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain, is renowned for its numerous parietal cave paintings featuring charcoal drawings and polychrome paintings of contemporary local fauna and human hands, created between 18,500 and 14,000 years ago during the Upper Palaeolithic by Paleo human settlers. The earliest paintings in the cave were executed around 35,600 years ago.

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

Sarcophagus Panel, early 8th Century. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Limestone; overall: 119 x 69 x 10 cm (46 7/8 x 27 3/16 x 3 15/16 in.). This slab originally formed the "window" panel of a coffin encasement constructed to resemble a one-story house. The dwarfs bowing respectfully under the vertical lattice window, as well as the court lady and archer engraved on the reverse, reflect the style of contemporary figure painting. Complete structures with similar decor have been excavated from tombs in the Tang imperial cemetery near Sian in northwest China.

capital, used as a ceremonial mortar, carved stone, 12th century, from the cathedral of San Pedro de Jaca, Diocesan Museum of Jaca, Huesca, Spain.

Detail of a marble slab engraved with the drawing of a woman, a left foot and a heart, indicative and symbolism of the close presence of a public house or brothel (lupanare). Marble street. CIty of Ephesus. Roman imperial era. Anatolia. Turkey.

The sacrificial altar from the Roman city of Bath. Featuring relief carvings of Hercules Bibax and Bacchus. Circa 1st-3rd century AD.

Four horsed chariot of Helios rising from the ocean, from a section of the East pediment of the Parthenon, housed in the New Acropolis Museum, Athens

A photograph taken of the Abu Simbel Temple, in Nubia, Southern Egypt, near the border with Sudan. The complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temple dates to the 13th century BC, during the 19th dynasty reign of the Pharaoh Ramesses II. It is a monument to the king and commemorates his victory at the Battle of Kadesh. The complex was relocated in its entirety in 1968 under the supervision of a Polish archaeologist, Kazimierz Michalowski, on an artificial hill made from a domed structure, high above the Aswan High Dam reservoir.

Cylinder seal and modern impression ca. 2600-2500 B.C. Sumerian. Cylinder seal and modern impression. Sumerian. ca. 2600-2500 B.C.. Lapis lazuli. Early Dynastic IIIa. Mesopotamia

Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument is a Utah state monument featuring a rock panel carved with one of the largest known collections of petroglyphs, from the Fremont, Ute, and Anasazi Native American tribes, located west of U.S. 191 along the Indian Creek Corridor Scenic Byway (S.R. 211) in Bears Ears National Monument, Utah, United States.

Beautiful carvings and statues in the temple of Abu Simel Beautiful carvings and statues in the temple of Abu Simbel in Egypt Abu Simbel Egypt

simbolo medieval de zapatero , Capilla de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, Alquézar, Monumento Histórico Artístico Nacional, municipio de la comarca Somontano Provincia de Huesca, Comunidad Autónoma de Aragón, Spain, Europe.

USA, Arizona, Navajo Reservation, Anasazi pictographs on rock

CUEVA DE LA GARITA I. PINTURAS RUPESTRES ESQUEMATICAS.

Script carved on a rock

Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , 1921 - Seine -et -Oise - Auguste Léon - (June) (French - Saint-Germain-en-Laye , France). Museum, represented animal , fantastic animal, archaeological vestige, sculpture, bas-relief, prehistory, Animal , Habitat , Architecture , Art, France, St Germain-en-Laye, bouquetin head engraved s, limestone 56751

Frontal of a stone tomb. Bas-relief depicting Jesus, the Virgin and Saint John. 15th century. Probably from the Convent of Santo Domingo or the Church of Santo Tomas (La Coruna, Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle). A Coruna, Galicia, Spain.

figuras humanas frente una hoguera. , Pinturas rupestres que datan entre el año 3.000 y 2.000 Antes de Cristo (Calcolítico-Edad de Bronce), Valosandero, Soria, Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla, Spain, Europe.

Detail of the Mithras temple at Freisen - Schwarzerden, Saarland, Germany, Europe

Amphitrite on a hippocampus with Hymenaeus and Tritons. Detail. Mosaic at the Baths of Neptune. 2nd century. Ostia Antica. Italy.

petroglyph, Aït Ouazik rock deposit, late Neolithic, Morocco, Africa.

PATERA - TESORO DE TIVISSA (TARRAGONA) - IV/III AC- ARTE IBERICO. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO DE CATALUÑA. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Human figurine in painted ceramic, Huesca, Iberian period three hundred and fifty to fifty BC, Huesca museum, Aragon community, Spain.

Medieval graffiti on the Palma Lonja building (La Llotja), 15th century, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

RELIEVE-LA MUJER Y LA BESTIA. Location: CATEDRAL-EXTERIOR. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. A CORUÑA. SPAIN.

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Caporciano, S. Pietro in Valle, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

MONIGA - 1994 - POLVO DE MARMOL PINTURA Y COLLAGE/MADERA - 54,5x65. Author: ANTONI TAPIES (1923-2012). Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO. MADRID. SPAIN.

capital with a running deer capital with a running deer, 6th century, steps, Museum of the Councils and Visigoth Culture, Church of San Román,Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 21307796

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

Computer re-work of a original painting by the Photographer

DETALLE DE UN BALCON DE LA CASA MILA O LA PEDRERA - 1906-10. Author: ANTONIO GAUDI. Location: CASA MILA O LA PEDRERA-INTERIOR. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Lithuania, Kaunas, Concentration camp torture frieze

North America, USA, Arizona, Navajo Indian Reservation, Chinle, Canyon de Chelly National Monument. South Rim road, Visitor Center. Detail of ancient Anasazi pottery. (Editorial Usage Only)

Rock carvings Rock carvings dating back about 3000 years near the town of Lidkoping, Sweden Copyright: xZoonar.com/ThomasxMalesx 13828422

Lamassu from the Palace of Sargon II. Assyrians. 721-705 BC. Khorsabad Palace. Detail claw. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902). "Monument to Victor Hugo". Plaster, 1886. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Detail, French writer, monument, pantheon, platre, poet

MAR CANGREJO Y PECES - 700 AC - RELIEVE DEL PALACIO DE NINIVE. Location: BRITISH MUSEUM. LONDON. ENGLAND.

Stabia, Italy, Beautiful Roman wall paintings in the archaeological excavation Villa Arianna, Southern Italy

CUEVA DEL AIRE. PINTURA DE 1955.

Effects of Bad Government on the Countryside, by Lorenzetti Ambrogio, 1338 - 1339, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Tuscany, Siena, Palazzo Pubblico. Detail. Group of armed men at the top left.

God Neptune Mosaic Womans Bath Herculaneum Italy

Norwid sleeping. Szyndler, Pantaleon (1846-1905), painter

REPRODUCTION OF THE CAVE OF ALTAMIRA-ROCK PAINTING. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

five-armed swastika in relief, second Lombera stele, giant disc-shaped Cantabrian stele, 1st century BC. C., Corrales de Buelna, Lombera, Museum of prehistory and archeology , Santander, Cantabria, Spain

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor. Valley of the Kings, West Valley, Tomb of Amenhotep III, mural paintings in Burial chamber from 18th dynasty

Roman fresco depicting a fight between an octopus and a lobster. Mid 2nd century. From the House of the River Port of San Paolo, Rome. Roman National Museum. Rome. Italy.

Chalk print in Santa Barbara CA

Frontal of a stone tomb. Bas-relief depicting Jesus, the Virgin and Saint John. 15th century. Probably from the Convent of Santo Domingo or the Church of Santo Toms (La Corua, Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle). A Corua, Galicia, Spain.

Punic floor mosaic, c.6th century BC. Artist: Unknown

POMPEII, ITALY, MAY 04, 2022, Beautiful geometrically formed floral mosaic, Pompeii in Italy

Chile, Easter Island. Rapa Nui National Park, Anakena. Hand painted tapa cloth (made from tree bark) with traditional Polynesian and Rapa Nui cultural stylized designs, Birdman. (Large format sizes available)

Relief from Hítardalur, Iceland. The relief depicts two human figures. Dated 12th Century

'Gravitation XXXIV', 1987-1988, Collage on paper, 31 x 22,5 cm, AS11057. Author: EDUARDO CHILLIDA (1924-2002). Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ARTE REINA SOFIA-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Hittite sculptures in Yesemek Village, historical open-air sculpture museum, Gaziantep, Turkey

Lion Babylon Ruins Iraq

Cave of the Hands. ARGENTINA. SANTA CRUZ. Detail of the paintings. Neolithic art. Fresco.

CUEVA DEL AIRE. PINTURA: "F.I.G.".

PINTURAS RUPESTRES EN ULLDECONA. ESCENA DE CAZA CON ARCO.

Rock engraving on Neolithic passage grave, Knowth,Unesco world heritage sight, prehstoric Bru na Boinne, Ireland, Europe

Mesopotamian Art. Middle Babylonian. Limestone kudurru from the riegn of Marduk-nadin-ahhe (1099Ð1082 BC). Block of black limestone. The upper portion is carved with symbols. Inscribed with cuneiform script. Land grant. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.

Canada, First Nations Canadian art. Typical Inuit soapstone sculpture Family by artist Jonasie Quarqortoq Faber. (Editorial Usage Only)

Petroglyphs of Mogor carving on the rock. Detail of the "Labyrinth of Mogor", one of the three petroglyphs that remain visible in Mogor. Metal Ages. c. 3.000-2000 BC. Municipality of Marin, Pontevedra province. Galicia, Spain.

Funerary stele, Monastery of Santa María la Real de Iranzu, 12th - 14th century, Way of St. James, Abárzuza, Navarra, Spain, Europe.

Facial Impression on Tombstone

Mosaic floor, Terme Femminilli, thermal bath, archaeological site, Herculaneum, Ercolano, Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

Pre- historic Native American pictographs at Bear Gulch near Lewistown Montana

CUEVA PINTADA DE GALDAR (197). PINTURAS GALDAR, GRAN CANARIA, ESPAÑA.

Bull of Monforte Bull of Monforte, 500 BC, archaeological and history museum of Elche Alejandro Ramos Folqués, Elche, Alicante, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23019312

Sign to the brothel, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, Europe

Frescoes in the Camera della Badessa at the Convent of St Paolo in Parma, by Allegri Antonio known as Correggio, 1519, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Emilia Romagna, Parma, Monastery of San Paolo, Camera della Badessa. Detail. Monochrome lunette bird dove hand.

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