Stone Collection (#75)

Stone relief showing subjects bringing tribute, South Iran, 6th-5th century BC
Stone relief showing subjects bringing tribute and gifts, Persepolis, South Iran, 6th-5th century BC. Relief sculpture on the stairway to the Audience Hall of Darius I (548-486 BC)

Nefertiti, queen and wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, Ancient Egyptian, 14th century BC. Sandstone bust. Nefertiti reigned from 1353-1336 BC

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

The Rosetta Stone, 196 BC. A basalt slab inscribed with a decree of the Pharaoh Ptolemy Epiphanes (Ptolemy V) (205-180 BC) in three languages; Greek, Hieroglyphic and Demotic script

Statue of Djoser (Zoser), Ancient Egyptian, 27th century BC. From the Mastaba near the Step Pyramid of Djoser, Saqqara. Djoser (c2686-2613 BC) was the second king of the 3rd Dynasty of Ancient Egypt

Statue of Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tuthmosis III, Luxor, 18th Dynasty, 15th century BC. Tuthmosis (Thutmose) III ruled Egypt from 1479-1426 BC, initially with his aunt, Hatshepsut

Steep internal stairway inside the Great Pyramid, Gizeh, Egypt. The Great Pyramid is the only surviving one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The Great Sphinx at night, Gizeh, Egypt. The Sphinx is located on the Giza Plateau with the three pyramids of Khufu (Cheops), Khafre (Chephren), and Menkaura (Men-kau-re)

Ahura Mazda, Persepolis, c500 BC
Ahura Mazda (c-500). Winged symbol of Ahura Mazda (Ormazd, Ormuzd, Ohrmazd), Lord of Wisdom, supreme god of the Zorastrian (Zarathustrian) religion of Persia

Heinrich Schliemanns excavations at Myceneae, 1877. An artist sketching in front of the Lion gateway at Myceneae 1877. The city of Mycenae in the Peloponnese was reputed to be the capital of

Neolithic implements of stone, flint and horn, c1890. A range of tools and weapons including axes, hammers, knives and arrowheads

Stele B from Copan, Honduras, Pre-Columbian, Maya, c300-630. Copan was an important Maya city from the 5th until the 9th century

Mayan lintel listing the nine generations of rulers at Yaxchilan, 450-550. Yaxchilan was a major city of the Mayan Classic period, reaching its greatest power in the reign of King Shield Jaguar II

Site of Mycenean fortifications, Greece, c1600-1100 BC. The Mycenaeans were a Bronze Age civilization in the Aegean who reached the peak of their achievements in around 1400 BC

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

Portrait bust of Julius Caesar, Roman soldier and statesman, 1st century BC. Julius Caesar (c100-44 BC) was one of Romes most capable generals, as demonstrated by his conquest of Gaul in the 50s BC

Carved monolithic head from Monte Alto, Guatemala, Pre-Columbian, Pre-Classic period, 1500-100 BC

Roman texts from the Christian period 3-400 AD. Text carved in stone

Carved head of king Akhenaten, Ancient Egyptian, 18th Dynasty, c1353-c1334 BC. After he ascended to the throne in c1353 BC Akhenaten set about transforming the religion of Ancient Egypt

Olmec carved head from La Venta, Pre-Columbian, Central America, 1150-800 BC

Gurm Gamle (Gormo), King of Denmark from 840, 1815
Gurm Gamle, King of Denmark from 840, 1815. Gurm Gamle (Gormo) wearing a leather corselet over a tunic, a hat/crown of many folds

Hand of Constantine, sculpture. A fragment of a giant statue of Constantine the Great (c274-337), Roman emperor and rebuilder of the ancient Greek city of Byzantium

Statues of Rameses II, from Abu Simbel, Egypt, early 13th century BC. Rameses II ruled Egypt from c1304-1273 BC. These colossal statues are some 20 metres in height

Romulus and Remus suckling from the she-wolf. Detail from a marble monument to the twin founders of Rome, who according to legend were abandoned in the wild and raised by a she-wolf

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

Statues of Rameses II, in front of the main temple, Abu Simbel, Egypt, early 13th century BC. Rameses II ruled Egypt from c1304-1273 BC. These colossal statues are some 20 metres in height

Ashurnasirpal II, King of Assyria, c9th century BC
Ashurnasirpal II, King of Assyria. Ashurnasirpal, king from 883-859 BC, leading an assault on a city with battering rams and siege engines. Bas-relief from the British Museum

Hypostyle hall, temple of Amon-Re, Karnak, Ancient Egypt, 14th-13th century BC (1892)
Hypostyle hall, temple of Amon-Re, Karnak, New Kingdom, Ancient Egypt, 14th-13th century BC (1892). Carved and decorated pillars at the temple of Amun-Re at Karnak (Thebes)

Central alley of the great temple at Karnak, Egypt, 1878. The great temple at Karnak (Thebes), built in the 14th-13th century BC in the reigns of Rameses I and Rameses II

Sarcophagus of Amenhotep II, Ancient Egyptian, 18th Dynasty, 1400 BC. Sarcophagus from the tomb of the pharaoh Amenhotep II (ruled 1427-1400 BC) at Thebes (Luxor), containing his mummy

Stone carved hieroglyphs from Thebes, Ancient Egypt

Votive stele dedicated by his brother to a man from Ermant, near Thebes, Ancient Egypt. Bas relief carving with the eye of Horus at the top and various hieroglyphs

Model of a baker kneading dough and forming loaves, Ancient Egyptian

Brewer, Ancient Egyptian model. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris

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

Wall painting from the tomb of Ti, Saqqara, Ancient Egypt, Early 5th Dynasty, c2498-2450 BC. A detail of a painted relief showing two carpenters at work

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

Exterior of the Hypostyle hall, temple of Amun-Re, Karnak, Egypt, 1878. The great temple at Karnak (Thebes), built in the 14th-13th century BC in the reigns of Rameses I and Rameses II

Hypostyle hall, temple of Amun-Re, Karnak, Egypt, 1878. Artist: P Sebah
Hypostyle hall, temple of Amun-Re, Karnak, Egypt, 1878. Carved and decorated pillars at the temple of Amun-Re at Karnak (Thebes)

Roman Latin inscription on stone from Spain. From the Archaeological Museum, Madrid

Sarcophagus, Middle Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian, c2040-1786 BC. Detail showing a cow being milked. Her calf is tethered to her leg. The calf behind her belongs to another cow

The Prince of Wales visiting the building sites for the Exposition Universelle of 1900, Paris, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
The Prince of Wales visiting the building sites for the Exposition Universelle of 1900, Paris, 1898. The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

Star ornamental fountain design, 1664. Artist: Georg Andreas Bockler
Star ornamental fountain design, 1664. Elaborate designs for Baroque fountains for public squares and private country house gardens in the French, German

Sun ornamental fountain design, 1664. Artist: Georg Andreas Bockler
Sun ornamental fountain design, 1664. Elaborate designs for Baroque fountains for public squares and private country house gardens in the French, German

Ornamental fountain design, 1664. Artist: Georg Andreas Bockler
Ornamental fountain design, 1664. Elaborate designs for Baroque fountains for public squares and private country house gardens in the French, German

House, fountain and garden design, 1664. Artist: Georg Andreas Bockler
House, fountain and garden design, 1664. Elaborate designs for Baroque fountains for public squares and private country house gardens in the French, German

Fountain, grotto design, 1664. Artist: Georg Andreas Bockler
Fountain, grotto design, 1664. Elaborate designs for Baroque fountains for public squares and private country house gardens in the French, German

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