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Zeus (seated) and Leto with their offspring Apollo and Artemis.  Marble relief from the sanctuary of

Klara Kristalova (Czech, b. 1967, Prague, Czech Republic, based Norrtälje, Sweden) - 1: She’s

Inscribed Attic funeral stele for a man named Artemon.  Artemon is shown shaking the hand of an olde

Gray schist relief sculpture of a chariot scene, from the Gandhara region of present-day Pakistan.  

Ancient Greek funerary relief with eight figures, thought to have formed the base of a funerary monu

Funeral stele (painted limestone) of Mekimontu.  Artist unknown; 18th Dynasty.  Now in the Museo Egi

Varaha, the boar incarnation of the Hindu deity Vishnu, lifts the earth goddess Bhudevi.  From Rajas

Marble relief of a physician named Jason, also known as Decimus, treating a patient.  Artist unknown

famousartthroughhistory:Roman relief of Rheia handing stone toKronos, marble, 2nd c. CE

Selene, goddess of the moon, and her mortal lover Endymion.  Roman marble sarcophagus, artist unknow

celtic-studies:Stone cross slab, the back is highly decorated including a hunting scene, but the ori

celtic-studies:Pictish sculptured stone slab depicting a horseman with sword and shield drinking fro

Ancient Worlds - BBC Two Episode 2 “The Age of Iron”Detail - Assyrian stone wall panel from the Cent

Ancient Roman tombstone depicting Heracles/Hercules and Hesione, daughter of King Laomedon of Troy,

An Assyrian soldier conducts captives in a boat.  Gypsum alabaster relief, artist unknown; ca. 668-6

A hero subdues a lion.  Relief sculpture from Wall M of the entrance court of the palace of Sargon I

Sandstone statue of Vishnu with personified attributes, from Madhya Pradesh, India.  Artist unknown;

ancientpeoples:Stone relief of a slinger from the palace of King KaparaMid 10th Century BCNorth East

Plaque (marble with traces of paint) showing a horseman and a man on foot conversing.  Artist unknow

Laconian marble grave relief depicting two enthroned heroes receiving offerings from (far smaller) w

Fragment in sunk relief of a female deity bearing offerings, originally used as decoration in the te

The ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut.  Detail from the greywacke sarcophagus of Sisobek, vizier of L

Relief frieze from the so-called “Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus,” depicting sea-creatures and deitie

Painted limestone relief depicting the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose III (r. 1458-1425 BCE).  From t

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