Ancient Sculptures and Reliefs

Images of archaeological sculptures and reliefs from various cultures, illustrating historical artistry and craftsmanship in stone.

Kreuzunterstützung mit einer Gruppe nackter Frauen Cross support with a group of naked women, 14th century, Girona art museum, Girona, Catalonia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22283058

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Relieve en un sepulcro.Tumbas monumentales de Çifte Anit Mezarlari.Pueblo de Demircili. Silifke.Mediterraneo oriental.Turquia.

ESCULTURAS PERTENECIENTES AL FRISO DE OSUNA: DAMAS OFERENTES. IBERICO.(DEPOSITO: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL).

East pediment of the Parthenon. Birth of Athena. 5th century BC. Replica. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece. Original remains are exposed in the British Museum, London.

Altar de la Daesa de Alcoi, Cerámica Ibérica, Museo de Alcoi, España.

museo arqueologico y de historia de Elche Alejandro Ramos Folqués, Elche, Alicante, comunidad Valenciana, Spain, Europe.

ARTE IBERICO. " BUSTO FEMENINO ". PROCEDENTE DE LA NECROPOLIS DE PUIG DE MOLINS. IBIZA.

Celtic civilization, France, 3rd century b.C. Limestone opposed heads, from Roquepertuse.

Monumental Limestone Dyad statue representing Amun and Mut from Karnak. from the temple of Amun at Karnak now at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt. 1306 BC. The statue is partially restored after damage by tomb robbers in the Middle ages.

Kreuzunterstützung mit einer Gruppe nackter Frauen Cross support with a group of naked women, 14th century, Girona art museum, Girona, Catalonia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22283058

Greek-Roman Period Statuary Discoveries -- A quantity of statuary attributed to the Greek-Roman period has recently been discovered during excavations which have been in operation at Patras (Achaia-Slis) in the Peloponnese. The excavations are under the direction of Monsieur Nerantzoulis. The principal statues are (1); Boy Hercules with lion skin under left arm; (2) Hercules wearing lion skin wound around bust and wit lion's mask on left breast; (3) female figure of Archaic type with lonic type of robe and resembling Caryatids of the Acropolis; (4) Statue of nude Hermes natural size; a small head of a child can be discerned at the edge of the photograph. April 12, 1932.

Statues of pharaohs of the Nubian twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt discovered near Kerma displayed in the Kerma Museum; Kerma, Northern State, Sudan

12th century relief, Lion devouring a man, found in Llop Street in Gerona, Girona art museum, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

The four horse chariot of Helios from a section of the East pediment of the Parthenon, housed in the New Acropolis Museum, Athens

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

DAMA DE BAZA. IBERICO.(DEPOSITO: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL).

Pilaster corner: Apsara: Means that walk (or slide) on the waters. This name means heavenly nymphs emerged during the churning of the ocean of milk. Post-Angkor (1431-18th century) from Angkor Thom Sculpture (Terrace of Elephants), Cambodia

Prismatic pillar, of Galla. 1st-2nd centuries AD. Inscription: "Dedicated to Gods Manes. Galla, of 35 years, is buried here. May the earth be light on you! Hypnus, the husband, ordered to be made to he excellent (companion)". From the Roman ruins of Troia. Grndola, Setúbal district, Portugal. National Archaeology Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

Statue of Ka_aper, Sheikh el Beled, Cairo Museum, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Tripod Monument from the Bouleuterion (Town Hall). Reconstructed with original fragments. 2nd century BC. Marble. Milet. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.

Escultura de Teteoinan(diosa madre), originaria de Tlamanalco. Museo Nacional de antropologia. Estado de Mexico D.F. Mexico.

Cross support with a group of naked women, 14th century, Girona art museum, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

Greece, Athens, Frieze of marble for Parthenon restoration

Fragment of a limestone statue (snout restored) of the chief god of the Fayum, the crocodile-headed Sobek. The statue comes from the mortuary temple of Amenemhat III, attached to his pyramid at Hawara.

Lady of Elche. Funerary urn. 4th century BC. From l'Alcudia. Iberian sculpture. Woman wearing a complex headdress and large wheel-like coils. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Celtic civilization, Denmark, 1st century b.C. Bronze cauldron ornamented with applied human face figure. From Rynkeby. Detail.

Elam. Moulded clay brick panel: God and goddess. Temple of Inshushinak, Susa, 2000 BCE. Louvre Museum. Paris.

The Balustrade of the Temple of Athena Nike. 5th century BC. By the workshop of Phidias. Classic period. The scenes depict a celebration of the victories of Athena. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece.

Marble bust of Greek general and statesman Pyrrhus of Epirus, c319BC-272 BC Artist: Unknown.

Italy, Campania, Pompeii. Cast of figure from Vesuvius eruption.

Closeup portraits of various ranks and uniroms of terra cotta warrior figures.

Denmark, Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Egyptian funerary art.

Painted terracotta Sarcophagus of the Spouses, from Cerveteri, Rome province, Italy, detail, 520 B.C.

Stone effigies Maurice de Gaunt d.1230 and Robert de Gourney d.1269, Church of Saint Mark, Bristol, England, UK.

Spain. Madrid. National Archaeological Museum. Interior of a room with roman busts.

A sculpture of a man's head is displayed at the archeological museum at the ancient Mayan city of Tonina, Chiapas, Mexico

ASKOS DE CANOSSA. DETALLE. GRIEGO CERAMICA. (DEPOSITO: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL).

East pediment of the Parthenon. Birth of Athena. 5th century BC. Replica. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece. Original remains are exposed in the British Museum, London.

Pompeiian inhabitants petrified in their last situation of life, Southern Italy

France, Paris. Illustration of daily life. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Paris. Illustration de vie quotidienne. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

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.

MUSEO - SALA DE ADAN. Location: MUSEO. CLUNY. France.

Statue of Mahasiddha Vitupa, Yongle Period, Mimg Dynasty (1403 - 1424) The Capital Museum, Beijing, China

statue of a lion set as a guardian figure at the entrance to the Temple of Ishtar. The temple was in Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), in modern day Iraq. Neo-Assyrian, circa 883-859 BC

Europe, Italy, Campania, Pompei

Egypt, Cairo, Mit Rahina, Colossal limestone statue of Ramses II at ancient Memphis

Pompeiian inhabitant petrified in their last situation of life, Italy

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Denmark. Copenhagen.

dancer with loose hair, Romanesque capital in the cloister, San Pedro el Viejo Monastery, Huesca, Aragon community, Spain.

In the Vatican Museum, the Vatican Museums Italian Musei Vaticani house the papal art collections and are located on the territory of the Vatican City. The collection is one of the most important and largest in the world and comprises the areas of oriental age old Egypt and Assyria, classic antiquity of Greek-Roman art, Etruskish-Italian old people today before the Roman period, early Christian and medieval art 3.14. Century, art of the Renaissance 15th century to the 19th century, contemporary art and Ei-ne-ne ethnic collection. The most famous part, which can be visited in the course of a museum visit, is the Sistine chapel.

Africa, Egypt, Cairo. October 4, 2018. Colossal statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. (Editorial Use Only)

Italy, Marche, Osimo, Cantinone Caves

TORO ANDROCEFALO DE BALAZOTE (S.VI.A.C.). (BICHA DE BALAZOTE). IBERICO.(DEPOSITO: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL).

Gallery of Khmer art at the National Museum of Arts; Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Statue, Alnwick, Northumberland, England

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Assergi, S. Maria Assunta, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

PILA DE ABLUCIONES-PERIODO CALIFAL- 1202/7- MARMOL- 71x155x 84 cm- ARTE HISPANOMUSULMAN. Location: MADRASA IBN YUSUF. MARRAKECH.

SARCOFAGO DE LOS ESPOSOS-S VI A C-PROCD CERVETERI-A ETRUSCO. Location: MUSEO DEL LOUVRE-ESCULTURAS. France.

Molded body of a plaster capita death in Pompeii, Campania, Italy

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Villa Giulia, the Etruscan Museum, Etruscan Art.

Serpant artifact on display at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, Mexico.

squatting turtle-headed deity, late 18hDynasty, about 1295 BC, tomb of Horemheb, British museum, London, England, Great Britain.

ARTE MESOPOTAMICO. ASIRIO. TOROS ANDROCEFALOS, guardianes de las entradas del Palacio de Sargón II. Korsabad. Siglo VIII a. C. Museo del Louvre. París. Francia.

Paris 1st arrondissement, Louvre Museum. Department of Egyptian Antiquities. Sphinx found in Tanis.

Reclining Colossal Statue of Ramses II, Museum, With Rathina, Memphis, Egypt, Africa

Piezas arqueológicas procedentes de Can Peixau. Museu de Badalona.

Ancient Egyptian painted wooden figures, perhaps from model boats, which represent the pilots of the two boats found in tomb 56.

Detail from the Lakshmana Temple, Western Group, Khajuraho, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Madhya Pradesh state, India, Asia

Egyptian Mummies, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York

medieval and renaissance galleries at the v&a muesum london muma architects noble living dark gallery towards window

China, Shaanxi, Lintong District, Xian. In the museum, tourists view one of 160 kneeling armored archers found in the Terracotta Army pits.

vasija de almacenamiento con escena de caballos, siglo II a.C, Las Eras, Ciadueña, museo Numantino de Soria, Soria, Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla, Spain, Europe.

Interior of Pre Colombian Museum of Santiago, Chile

Madrid, 11/12/2013. Inauguration of the Terracotta Army exhibition, Warriors of Xiam. Photo: Isabel Permuy ARCHDC.

Madrid, 11/12/2013. Inauguration of the Terracotta Army exhibition, Warriors of Xiam. Photo: Isabel Permuy ARCHDC.

Museum of Qin Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses, considered to be the most significant archaeological excavations of the 20th century, Xian, Lintong County, Shaanxi Province, China

Overview of the Terracotta Army in the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, which is displaying the collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang (259 BC - 210 BC), the first Emperor of China, in Xian, China.

ARTE MEXICANO - REPRESENTACION DE UN HOMBRE Y UNA MUJER TOTONACAS.

POMPEII, ITALY, MAY 04, 2022, Pompeiian inhabitant petrified in their last situation of life, Italy, Europe

CHINA, SHAANXI PROVINCE, XIAN, QIN SHI HUANG DI TOMB, TERRA COTTA SOLDIER

Volterra Tuscany Italy. Guarnacci Museum of Etruscan Artifacts. Hellenistic Cinerary Urns Volterra Tuscany Italy. Guarnacci Museum of Etruscan Artifacts. Hellenistic Cinerary Urns Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarcoxBriviox 21890475

The famous terracotta warriors in Xian China

France,Paris,14th, Bourdelle Museum,la Salle of plaster, first plan the sculpture ""Héraclès archer""

Mausoleum of the first Qin Emperor housed in The Museum of the Terracotta Warriors Pit 1. Opened in 1979 near Xian City, Shaanxi Province, China

Terra Cotta Warriors museum Xi'an, China.

MEMPHIS EGYPT COLOSSUS RAMSES II

Votive column dedicated to God Jupiter, typical of the provinces of Gaul and Germania. Probably imitates an existing column on the Capitoline hill of Rome. 200 AD. Limestone of Lorraine. Found in Cologne, Germany.

ESCULTURA-EJERCITO DE TERRACOTA-S III AC-DINASTIA QUIN. Location: MAUSOLEO DE QIN SHI HUANG.

Italy, Latium Region, Cerveteri, Tomb of the Bas-reliefs

Seven granite statues, among others of Pharaoh Taharqa, 692-664 BC, found in 2003 by the Swiss archaeologist Charles Bonnet, Kerma Museum, Kerma, Nubia, Sudan, Africa

Classical theatre. Theatrical masks made in terracotta. Kerch Historical and Archaeological Museum. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Ukraine.

Italy, Sicily, Sciacca. The Enchanted Castle of Filippo Bentivoglio where one finds hundreds of heads emerging form the rocks, carved in the stone by Bentivoglio himself.

Episcopal chair, 11th century, Sculpture (marble), Cathedral of Gerona, Gerona, Catalonia, Spain.

Portrait heads, 1st century, National Archaeological Museum, Villa Cassis Faraone, UNESCO World Heritage Site, important city in the Roman Empire, Friuli, Italy, Aquileia, Friuli, Italy, Europe

Turbil statue-stele, 3rd century BC, Second Iron Age, Beire, Museum of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra,Spain.

Head of a warrior from the west pediment of the Aphaia tempel of Aegina, casting, around 500 B.C.E., Antique collection, Koenigsplatz, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Egypt, Cairo, Egyptian Museum, Amarna, Akhenaten with child

Historic statues in Pre Columbian Museum in Santiago, Chile

Lamassu from the Palace of Sargon II. Monumental entrance. Assyrians. 721-705 BC. Khorsabad Palace. (Dur Sharrukin, Iraq) . Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

France, Paris. Illustration of daily life. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Paris. Illustration de vie quotidienne. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Xi'An, China - 26 November 2025: View of an ancient terracotta warrior, its weathered surface a testament to time, stands against a modern backdrop of blue light displays.

Mummies museum, roccapelago, Italy.

MONUMENTO DE LA PLAZA DE CASTILLA A JOSE CALVO SOTELO DESMONTADO PRINCIPIOS DE LOS AÑOS 90 SIGLO XX. Author: CARLOS FERREIRA DE LA TORRE (1918-1990) ESCULTOR. Location: PLAZA DE CASTILLA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Red granite statue of Ramesses II in Memphis, Egypt

Terracotta Warriors (replicas), Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Terracotta Army, Xi'an, Xian, Clay Warriors, China, Asia

Terracotta army, Xian, Shaanxi Province, China

LA FLAUTA MAGICA 1791 - DIBUJO PARA EL DECORADO DE LA OPERA-. Location: MUSEO DE LA OPERA. France.

Bolivia, Tiwanaku Pre-Inca Site, Wall of sunken courtyard with sculptured heads

Estatua masculina con coraza, procedente del Teatro de Tarraco. Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona.

Monographic Museum of Pollentia, Alcudia, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Ancient carved heads of gods on summit of Mount Nemrut, Nemrut Dagi Nemrut Dag, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

ESCULTURA DE CHAC-MOOL-TOLTECA. Location: TEMPLE OF THE WARRIORS. CHICHEN ITZA. CIUDAD DE MEXICO. CHAC MOOL DIOS MAYA.

Museum of Qin Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses, considered to be the most significant archaeological excavations of the 20th century, Xian, Lintong County, Shaanxi Province, China

ITALY, VENETO, PADUA, ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

Wood puppets

Museum of Oaxacan Cultures, interior, Convent of Santo Domingo de Guzman, Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca State, Mexico

Stone sculptures Stone sculptures on cretaceous rocks in Izjum town Copyright: xZoonar.com/ViktorxChernyavskiyx 5441177

Zoomorph G, Quirigu

Weihnachtsboot, Christmas Boat, original Makonde wood carving from Tanzania, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The Torlonia Marbles Collecting Masterpieces, Gallerie d'Italia, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

ESCULTURA-EJERCITO DE TERRACOTA-S III AC-DINASTIA QUIN. Location: MAUSOLEO DE QIN SHI HUANG.

Room interior with images; Collection Asian Art in Museum Images by Zee Scheveningen.in the Middle The Bronze Image Shiva Nataraja.

Life-size model of a terracotta warrior for sale, Beijing, China

Wooden sculptures from Themba Gule, National-Culture-Museum, Pretoria, South Africa, Africa

"Valentino in Rome: 45 years of Style" exhibition at Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome, Italy, Europe

Tumba Amonemhat (53).

Exhibition in museum of the Pech Merle cave, famous for its prehistoric art and cave paintings, Cabrerets, Lot, Midi-Pyrenees, France, Europe

ARTE PREHISTORICO. EDAD DEL BRONCE. ESPAÑA. CULTURA EL ARGAR. Reconstrucción de una tumba-sepulcro, acompañado de su ajuar, cerámica y puntas de flecha. Museo Arqueológico de Barcelona. Cataluña.

stone carvings

Colossi of Memnon. Stone statues depicting pharaoh Amenhotep III (14th century B.C.) in a seated position. Eastern colossus. Eighteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Luxor. Egypt.

Neolithic period stone sculpture and visitors, Sanliurfa Museum, Sanliurfa, Turkey. (Editorial Use Only)

Tomb stelae, 3rd century, Archaeological Museum in the former Order Hospital of the Knights of St John, 15th century, Old Town, Rhodes Town, Greece, Europe

Terracotta army, Xian, Shaanxi Province, China

Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Decorative sculptures of the altar. Horses. Marble. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany.

An African primitive art sculpture display in Redpath Museum at McGill University,Montreal Quebec Canada

Europe, Czech Republic, Prague, Zombies statue

Close-up of terracotta Soldier

Chessmen (32) and box-board late 18th century Design attributed to Andreas Schluter, Danzig and the Court of Berlin The pieces and the board they came with were probably made by Friederich Donaleitis of Königsberg in 1778 from a seventeenth-century prototype. The bases are boldly engraved with numbers from 1 to 32 on the underside. It has been thought that the set represents the battle of Panormus (present-day Palermo), fought in 250 B.C. between the Romans under Metellus and the Carthiginians under Hasdrubal, but this is hypothetical. The subject of Romans and Barbarians was a popular one in all forms of art.. Chessmen (32) and box-board 199956

Terracotta Army exhibition, faithful replicas of the statues from XIAN in China, Weilburg an der Lahn, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Terracotta Army, Xi'an, Xian, Clay Warriors, China, Asia

Shang Bronze (15-13 Century B.C.), Shanghai Museum

Terracotta army, Xian, Shaanxi Province, China

Terracotta army, Xian, Shaanxi Province, China

Wood puppets

RESTOS DE LOS FRESCOS DE LAS TERMAS ESTABIANAS - SIGLO II AC. Location: TERMAS ESTABIANAS. ITALIA.

Possagno, Italy: Antonio Canova collection. Classical sculptures in white marble located in his native house. Possagno, Italy - August 2022: Antonio Canova collection. Classical sculptures in white marble located in his native house Copyright: xZoonar.com/PaoloxGallox 21387224

Terracotta figures from the 2000 year old Army of Terracotta Warriors, Xian, Shaanxi province, China, Asia

Armor for Man (1575) and Horse (1650). Steel, etched and partly gilt; leather, cooper alloy, textile. From Italy. Museum Metropolitan of Art. NY. USA.

Marionette used in 2008 Olympics ceremony, in bronze chariots museum, site of terracotta army, Xian, Shaanxi Province, China

Haleplibahce Mosaic Museum housing Roman-era mosaics, Sanliurfa, Turkey. (Editorial Use Only)

USA, Washington D.C. Reynolds Center for American Art, National Portrait Gallery, life masks of President Abraham Lincoln (Editorial Use Only)

Human skeleton. Roman Catacombs. Cartagena. Spain.

Shalechet, -hojas caidas-, instalacion artistica de Menashe Kadishman, Museo Judío de Berlín,diseñado por el arquitecto polaco Daniel Libeskinds , Berlin, Alemania, Europe.

ALFARERO HACIENDO UNA ORZA EN EL TORNO-BARRO - ARTE POPULAR S XX. Location: CERAMICA CAMPOY. JAEN. SPAIN.

Terracotta army, Xian, Shaanxi Province, China

Mexico, Cancun, Sculptures at bottom of sea in Cancun Underwater Museum in Caribbean Sea

Skeletons in the ground; Pompeii, Italy

Aachen, Printenmädchen

Terracotta warriors made by schoolchildren visiting the exhibition at British Museum London England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

Mexico, Cancun, Sculptures at bottom of sea in Cancun Underwater Museum in Caribbean Sea

Italy, Lombardy, Milan, the Museo del Risorgimento

Sculptors carved bronze icon with chisel Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Europe, Greece, Delos. Famed Lion statue (MR)

Historical human-sized figures made of marzipan, Niederegger Marzipan Museum, Luebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Archaeological State Museum, Constance, Lake Constance, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), 04/11/2023. Regional Archaeological Museum of the Community of Madrid. Exhibition on the culture of Tartessian, with pieces from various museums, being the first time in Spain that everything is offered together to the visitor. In the image, Enrique Baquedano, director of the Museum. Photo: Guillermo Navarro. ARCHDC.