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Tribal talisman from Madagascar It is intended to prevent lightning strikes A common belief of tribal religions is that natural phenomenon are cause
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Nazca lines Aerial photograph of geoglyphs or landscape drawings in the coastal desert of southern Peru One represents a condor (lower right) The
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Nazca line
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Celtic cross standing stone Standing stones are historic monuments that are found all over the world The Celtic cross is a symbol of Celtic Christia
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Celtic cross Photographed at Lindisfarne Priory Holy Island Northumberland UK
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Jarvsta rune stone
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Megalithic menhir monument
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Nordic Bronze Age petroglyph
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Nordic Bronze Age petroglyph
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Nordic Bronze Age petroglyph
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Nordic Bronze Age petroglyph This petroglyph is part of the Vitlyckehall a large flat rock containing many similar petroglyphs This image depicts m
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Nordic Bronze Age petroglyph
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Nordic Bronze Age petroglyph
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Nordic Bronze Age petroglyph This petroglyph is part of the Vitlyckehall a large flat rock containing many similar petroglyphs This image depicts a
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Clio fresco from the wall of the Murecine hotel Pompeii Italy Clio was the Muse of History in mythology and is typically depicted holding a parchm
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Urania fresco from the wall of the Murecine hotel Pompeii Italy Urania was the Muse of Astronomy in mythology and is typically depicted holding a
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Mask of Thalia fresco from the wall of the Murecine hotel Pompeii Italy Thalia was the Muse of Comedy in mythology The Murecine was a large hotel
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Idol found at Caral Caral is a sacred city located in Peru This idol is made of terracotta (baked earth) Caral located in Perus coastal desert re
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Idol found at Caral Caral is a sacred city located in Peru This idol made of terracotta (baked earth) has a human face Caral located in Perus c
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9th-century coin
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Medieval silver coin
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8th-century gold coin This gold coin was minted by the Kingdom of the Lombards an early medieval state located in present-day Italy This coin dates
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Medieval silver coin This coin which dates from the early Middle Ages (approximately the 5th-10th centuries AD) was discovered during excavations a
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Carved marble head This marble male head dates from the 9th century AD It was discovered during excavations at the Abbey of San Vincenzo (Saint Vinc
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7th-century Byzantine coin This gold coin dates from 685-695 AD during the period of the Byzantine Empire In this period the empire was ruled by J
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Inca mummy face mask Copper face mask found on the mummy bundle of a high-ranking adult Inca male Mummy bundles are burials of bodies in the foetal
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Moche wall sculptures at the El Brujo site in Peru These painted sculptures depict prisoners taken by the Moche El Brujo (The Sorcerer) is an archa
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Moche wall sculpture at the El Brujo site in Peru This painted sculpture shows a figure from Moche mythology El Brujo (The Sorcerer) is an archaeol
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Moche wall sculpture at the El Brujo site in Peru This painted sculpture shows a figure from Moche mythology El Brujo (The Sorcerer) is an archaeol
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Moche vase Vase sculpted in the shape of a Moche warrior The vase was found at an archaeological site in Peru The Moche were a pre-Hispanic people
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Moche ear shield Golden ear shield made by the Moche people and worn as ornamental head gear The scene depicts a Moche figure The ear shield was fo
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Moche ear shields Peru
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Moche ceremonial cape Peru
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Moche ceremonial cape Jewellery and other ornaments depicting a feline head on a Moche ceremonial cape The cape was found at a Moche archaeological
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Moche vase Peru
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Moche statue Carved Moche head showing the head gear worn by this people The carved head was found at a Moche archaeological site in Peru The Moche
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Moche wall sculptures at the Huaca de la Luna site in Peru These painted sculptures show the Decapitator god of the Moche Huaca de la Luna (The T
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Moche wall sculpture at the Huaca de la Luna site in Peru This painted sculpture shows the Decapitator god of the Moche Huaca de la Luna (The Tem
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Moche mural at the Huaca de la Luna site in Peru The panels in this painted mural show the Decapitator god of the Moche Huaca de la Luna (The Tem
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Moche wall sculpture at the Huaca de la Luna site in Peru The grid of strings allows archaeologists to methodically examine each section of the scul
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Moche archaeological site Archaeologist making a drawing to record the details of Moche wall sculptures at the Huaca de la Luna site in Peru A grid
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Moche archaeological site Archaeologist making a drawing to record the details of a Moche wall sculpture at the Huaca de la Luna site in Peru A grid
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Moche archaeological site Archaeologists working to restore Moche wall sculptures at the Huaca de la Luna site in Peru These sculptures depict lizar
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Nazca lines
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Nazca lines representing part of the leg of a spider seen from the ground at sunrise There are hundreds of geoglyphs or landscape drawings in the
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Nazca lines representing part of the wing of a hummingbird seen from the ground There are hundreds of geoglyphs or landscape drawings in the coast
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Nazca line seen from the ground These lines make up the geoglyphs or landscape drawings found in the coastal desert of southern Peru The lines are
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Nazca lines
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Nazca lines Aerial photograph of geoglyphs or landscape drawings in the coastal desert of southern Peru One geoglyph (white lines lower left) tak
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Nazca lines
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Nazca lines Aerial photograph of a geoglyph or landscape drawing in the coastal desert of southern Peru This geoglyph (white lines) represents the
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Nazca lines Aerial photograph of geoglyphs or landscape drawings in the coastal desert of southern Peru One represents a condor (lower frame) At
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Gold belt Gold belt from Surigao in the Philippines This belt was worn by royalty during the civilisation which thrived in Surigao between the 9th
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Gold artefacts Gold artefacts including a death mask with earring and necklace jewellery on either side These artefacts are from the Butuanon cultur
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Cerne Abbas Giant aerial photograph The Cerne Abbas Giant a hillfigure carving in a chalk hillside; is thought to have been the site of fertility r
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Westbury white horse aerial photograph This hill carving is the oldest of the numerous horse carving sites in Wiltshire The carving was first cut i
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Westbury white horse This hill carving is the oldest of the numerous horse carving sites in Wiltshire The carving was first cut in the mid- 1600s an
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Cherhill white horse Aerial photograph of a hill carving of a white horse The Cherhill site is the second oldest of the horse carving sites in Wilts
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Hackpen white horse Aerial photograph of a hill carving of a white horse It is thought that the horse on Hackpen Hill may have been cut in 1838 to c
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Hackpen white horse Aerial photograph of a hill carving of a white horse It is thought that the horse on Hackpen Hill may have been cut in 1838 to c
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Pewsey white horse Aerial photograph of a hill carving of a white horse There are two carvings in Pewsey this one is the more recent example It wa
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Alton Barnes white horse
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Prehistoric petroglyph Neolithic carvings on sandstone rock depicting an elephant-like animal Photographed near Youf Aghalal Tassili du Hoggar sou
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Prehistoric petroglyphs Carvings on sandstone rock depicting horned animals Photographed in Abalema Algeria
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Nordic petroglyph Nordic Bronze Age petroglyph on rock Photographed in Himmelstlalund Sweden
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Hawaiian petroglyph depicting humans with triangular torsos Photographed in the Waikoloa Village Hawaii USA
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Nordic petroglyph Detail of a petroglyph on a cist (coffin) from the Kings Grave Sweden The Kings Grave is the remains of a Nordic Bronze Age a b
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Saharan rock painting This figure has been called the Great God of Sefar It is thought to date from 8000 - 10000 BP (before present) It has been
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Giraffe petroglyph on a sandstone boulder The climate in North Africa has varied significantly over the past 12000 years This has had a profound ef
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Giraffe petroglyph
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Saharan rock painting Rock art depicting human figures hunting with a boat The climate inNorth Africa has varied significantly over the past 12000
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Saharan rock art Rock painting depicting three human figures amongst animals This is an example of a rock painting from the so-called round head pha
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Rune stone
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Saharan rock art Rock painting depicting two human figures This is an example of a rock painting from the so-called round head phase a transitional
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Elephant petroglyph
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Lascaux cave paintings These paintings are on the walls of the Lascaux caves in Dordogne south- western France There are several halls; this is the
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Cave painting of bisons in the Altamira cave Spain This cave contains several paintings of bisons horses deer and other animals that inhabited the
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Stone Age rock art Artwork of cave paintings of a bison (top) and a boar (bottom) These paintings are found on the roof of the Altamira Cave in nort
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Cave paintings Baja California Mexico These paintings are found in the caves and overhangs of remote mountains They are believed to be 5000 years
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Rock art painting of an herd of elephants by the San people in Cedarberg South Africa
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Rock art
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Rock art Image 1 of 3 Reconstruction of methods of prehistoric rock art A natural red pigment such as ochre was heated and applied to the rock wa
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Rock art
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Cave paintings of bison The paintings are around 13000 years old They are part of the Niaux cave paintings in the French Pyrenees These paintings
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Cave painting of a bison The painting is around 13000 years old It is part of the Niaux cave paintings in the French Pyrenees This painting is in
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San rock art depicting reedbuck (Redunca sp) The San people (also known as Bushmen) who painted these pictographs once inhabited all of southern Afr
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San rock art depicting shamans (witch-doctors) The San people (also known as Bushmen) who painted these pictographs once inhabited all of southern Af
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San rock art showing cooking pots (upper right) The San people (also known as Bushmen) who painted these pictographs once inhabited all of southern A
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San rock art depicting a hunting scene The San people (also known as Bushmen) who painted these pictographs once inhabited all of southern Africa Th
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Cave painting showing kudu (antelope) Zimbabwe
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Cave painting Kondusi stick dance Tanzania
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African cave painting Reproduction of an African painting depicting a procession The figures appear stylized with two figures (at centre right) wea
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Cro-magnon cave painting of witch doctor costume
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Cave painting of kudu Domboshawa cave Zimbabwe Domboshawa cave Chinamora Zimbabwe This cave features prehistoric paintings thought to be around
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Stone spearhead from Australia It is around six centimetres long and has been carefully crafted to have sharp edges and a sharp point The making of
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Bison cave painting Illustration of a cave painting of a bison found on the roof of the Altamira Cave in northern Spain which was inhabited during
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