Limestone Collection (page 8)

The Folkton Drums, found in East Yorkshire, England, Late Neolithic period, 2600-2000 BC
One of the three Folkton Drums, found in East Yorkshire, England, Late Neolithic period, 2600-2000 BC. These objects were found in a child burial in a round barrow excavated by William Greenwell in

Celtic limestone slab with Horses heads motif, Roquepertuse, France, c3rd - 2nd century BC

Celtic Head, Mseke Zehrovice, Czechoslovakia, c3rd - 2nd century BC

Celtic head, Bon Marche site, Gloucester, England. Limestone

The Princess of Bactria wearing a Kaukenes dress, Bactrian, Late 3rd millenium BC. From the collection at The Louvre

Assyrian sculpture of a man holding a lion, Khorsabad, c8th century BC
Assyrian sculpture of a man holding a lion, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, c8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Assyrian sculptures of human-headed winged bulls at the palace gateway, Khorsabad, c8th century BC
Assyrian sculptures of human-headed winged bulls at the palace gateway, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, c8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Assyrian relief of two servants, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, c8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Assyrian relief of a winged genie with a bucket & a cedar cone, Khorsabad, 8th century BC
Assyrian relief of a winged genie with a bucket and a cedar cone making a liberation, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, 8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Assyrian sculpture of a human-headed winged bull at the palace gateway, Khorsabad, 8th century BC
Assyrian sculpture of a human-headed winged bull at the palace gateway, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, 8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Assyrian relief showing servants carrying the Kings chariot, Khorsabad, c8th century BC
Assyrian relief showing servants carrying the Kings chariot, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, c8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Assyrian relief showing transport of timber from Lebanon by water, Khorsabad, c8th century BC
Assyrian relief showing transport of timber from Lebanon by water, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, c8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Assyrian relief showing transport of timber by land, Khorsabad, c8th century BC
Assyrian relief showing transport of timber by land, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, c8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Detail from colossal statue of Rameses II, Memphis, Egypt, c13th century BC. This detail shows the cartouche of the Pharaohs name on his belt. Rameses II reigned between 1279 BC and 1213 BC

Head of colossal statue of Rameses II, Memphis, Egypt, c13th century BC. Rameses II reigned between 1279 BC and 1213 BC

Limestone relief of a scarab beetle and vulture wings under a disk of the sun, Edfu, Egypt

Limestone relief showing Hittite soldiers, Temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt, 14th-13th century BC. The Hittites were a people whose empire covered much of Anatolia and northern Syria

Limestone relief of Pharaoh Seti I, Karnak, Egypt, c1290-c1279 BC. Seti I (also known as Sethis or Sethos), Ancient Egyptian king of the 19th dynasty, who ruled from 1290-1279 BC

Limestone relief from the Temple of Rameses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt, 13th century BC. Relief depicting the capture of enemy soldiers by Egyptians

Exploring a subterranean river in the Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA, c1870
Exploring The Styx, a subterranean river in the Mammoth Cave, the system of limestone caverns in Kentucky, USA, c1870. Wood engraving

Limestone relief at the Temple of Philae, Ancient Egyptian. Isis (centre), sister and wife of Osiris and principal goddess of the Egyptian pantheon

Greek warrior stepping into his chariot, c400 BC. The side of a limestone sarcophagus, showing a warrior and his charioteer who is waiting reins in hand

Venus of Willendorf, Stone Age oolitic limestone carving, c24, 000-c22, 000 BC. A carved female figure, discovered at a Palaeolithic site at Willendorf, Austria in 1908

Woman in a birthing chair, Ancient Egyptian limestone relief from Kawm Umbu. Various medical instruments are depicted on the right

Goddess Isis with King Tuthmosis III, Ancient Egyptian, 15th century BC. Painted limestone relief at Deir el Bahn, Luxor, Egypt

The Lady of Elche, 5th century BC. This painted limestone bust found at La Alcuidia de Elche in Spain in 1897 shows Carthaginian influence on Iberian art of the time

Ur-Nanshe, king of Lagash, Sumeria, c2500 BC. Detail of a limestone relief showing Ur-Nanshe, one of the kings of the Ur Dynasty I (2650-2350 BC) wearing the traditional fur skirt or Kaunakes

Standard of Ur, the war side, from the Royal Cemetery at Ur, Sumerian, c2500 BC. Made from lapis lazuli, mother-of-pearl, shell and coloured stone mosaic, it depicts the Sumerian army

Potter turning vessels on a wheel, Ancient Egyptian, Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty (2565-2420 BC). Limestone model. From the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago

Thoth, ibis-headed god of the Moon, Ancient Egyptian, 5th-6th Dynasty (c2498-2181 BC). Thoth was patron of scribes and magicians, and secretary of the gods. Limestone relief

Imhotep, Ancient Egyptian physician. Limestone relief. Imhotep is shown seated (right) together with surgical instruments (centre) and a birthing chair (left). Imhotep was something of a polymath

Greek warrior fighting an Amazon, 8th-5th century BC. Limestone Relief. The Amazons were legendary female warriors in Greek mythology

Mexican Serpent, God and Priest, Pre-Columbian, Maya Culture, 770. Carved limestone lintel with glyphs and a scene representing Lady Wak Tuun, during a bloodletting rite

Painted Limestone figure, Egyptian, Old Kingdom, 2400BC-2000 BC. Egyptian Museum, Munich

Egyptian Scribe Old Kingdom, 2400BC-2000 BC. Painted limestone. Egyptian Museum, Munich

Sedimentary rocks showing their strata ? shales and limestones

Limestone libation vase, late Uruk, Warka, Southern Iraq, 3300BC-3000BC
Limestone libation vase with two lions attacking young bulls, late Uruk, Warka, Southern Iraq, 3300BC-3000BC. From the British Museums collection

Portrait of Babylonian King Marduk-Nadin-Akke in black limestone. This appears on a Babylonian boundary-stone, recording the purchase of a field on the Shumunder Canal, by Marduk-Nasir

Detail of a limestone statue of a woman, about 2500 BC, from Tello (ancient Girsu), Southern Iraq, which was part of the Kingdom of Lagash

Hagar Qim temple on Malta. (c. 3000 BC)
Hagar Qim temple on Malta. (c.3000 BC)

Interior of the Hagar Qim temple on Malta

Avelines hole, a paleolithic cave dwelling, 12000 BC
Avelines hole, a paleolithic cave dwelling in the Mendip hills, Somerset, England. A view of the entrance from outside, 12000 BC

Limestone and bitumen lion mounted on a wheeled base, Susa, c12th century BC. This object was part of a hoard deposited near the Temple of Inshushniak (the patron saint of Susa)

Copper and limestone foundation deposit, Syria, Hurrian, end of 3rd millenium BC. The limestone tablet is the earliest known text in the Hurrian language

Battle scene on the foot of a sarcophagus, c300 BC. From the collection of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki

Kouros, late 6th-early 5th century BC. From ancient Olbia, a Greek colony on the estuary of the River Dnieper, in what is today Ukraine. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

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