Basalt Collection (page 2)

Door. Basalt. Tiberias. Roman period. 2nd-3rd century AD. Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem. Israel

Indurated lias, Shale in Basalt, in rock structure in Portru
(see WAG 3605) a view of indurated lias, Shale in Basalt, in rock structure in Portrush (dyke). (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Portrush). Date: circa early 1900s

Weathered Basalt, Whitehead, Co. Antrim
and is weathered Basalt, Whitehead, Co. Antrim, a spectacular standing stone. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Whitehead). Date: circa early 1900s

Breaking Basalt for Road Metal, Co. Antrim
Breaking Basalt forRoad Metal, Co. Antrim - an outside view of a breaker for making the blocks of Basalt smaller. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s

Basalt Dyke in Silurian Shales, Glasdrummond Co. Down - a view of a dark outcrop of the dyke on the lighter coloured rocks at the seashore. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Glasdrummond)

Block statue of Harsomtusemhat (664-610 B. C. ). Basalt. Lower
Block statue of Harsomtusemhat (664-610 B.C.) sitting on a socle, with his legs grouped and the hands on his knees. He is holding the sesheshet sistrum, with the face of the goddess Hathor. Basalt

Bull. Basalt. Syria
Bull. Basalt. Guarded the temple of Tell Halaf. From about 6100 to 5400 b.C.. Currently located at the entrance to the National Museum of Aleppo. Syria

Sphinx and a lion in relief. Basalt. Syria
Sphinx and a lion in relief. Basalt. Guarding the temple of Tell Halaf. From about 6100 to 5400 b.C.. Currently located at the entrance to the National Museum of Aleppo. Syria

Sphinx. Basalt. Syria
Sphinx. Basalt. Guarded the temple of Tell Halaf. From about 6100 to 5400 b.C.. Currently located at the entrance to the National Museum of Aleppo. Syria

Relief depicting a banquet and males walking. Orthostat. Bas
Orthostat with relief depicting a banquet (left) and males walking (right). 9th century BC. Basalt. Late Hitite Period. From the west side of citadel gate, Sam al (Sinjerli). Archaeological Museum

Hitite slabs with hieroglyphic inscription about the activit
Slabs with hieroglyphic inscription about the activities of King Urhilina and his son. Detail. Basalt. Late Hitite Period. 9th century BC. From Hama (Syria). Archaeological Museum

Syria. Margat (Marqab). Castle Qalaat al-Marqab (Castle of the Watchtower). Crusader fortrees and one of the major strongholds of the Knights Hospitaller. Built 1062. Basalt

Syria. Ain Dara Temple. Panorama
Eastern Mediterranean Civilizations. Ain Dara Temple. 10th century BC. Near Aleppo. Syria

Hittites. Column base with double sphinx from the entrance of Palace of Zincirli. 8th century BC. Sma al(Turkey). Pergamon Museum. Museum Island. Berlin. Germany

Islamic art. Tombstone of Yusuf. 2 june 1199 AD. Basalt. al
Islamic art. Tombstone of Yusuf, son of Abdallah, son of Yusuf, son of Abu l-Fath. 5 sha ban 595 AH/ 2 june 1199 AD. Basalt. 76x42x20 cm. al-Ma la cementery, Mecca. Qasr Khizam Museum, Jedda

Islamic art. Tombstone of Muhammad. Signed: Ibrahim wrote. L
Islamic art. Tombstone of Muhammad, son of al- Abbas, son of Muhammad, son of Utba, son of al-Hasan, son of al-Hasan. Signed: Ibrahim wrote. Late 9th-early 10th century. Basalt. 75x31x33 cm

Islamic art. Tombstone of Shaykh Afif Allah. 1365-6 AD. Bas
Islamic art. Tombstone of Shaykh Afif Allah, son of Abdallah, son of Ali, son of Sulayman son of Arafa, al-Makki. 767H, /1365-6 AD. Basalt. 50x57x22 cm. National Museum, Riyadh. Saudi Arabia

Tombstone of Abd al- Aziz. 2 november 1440 AD. al-Ma la cem
Tombstone of Abd al- Aziz, son of Yusuf, son of Abd al- Aziz al-Sultani. 6 jumada Ii 844 AH/2 november 1440 AD. Basalt; 94x38x10 cm. al-Ma la cementery, Mecca. Qasr Khizam Museum, Jedda

Sarcophagus of Tabnit. Egyptian king of Sidon. Egypt
Sarcophagus of Tabnit. Egyptian king of Sidon. 6th century BC. Archaeological Museum of Istanbul. Turkey

Boca Negra Canyon in the Petroglyph National Monument. Around Albuquerque. New Mexico. USA

Petroglyph National Monument. Petroglyphs. New Mexico. USA
Prehistoric Art. USA. Petroglyph National Monument. Petroglyphs made A?a?A?a?by American Indian people and some of them, by settlers. Boca Negra Canyon. Near Albuquerque. New Mexico

Neo-Hittite. Colossal basalt lion found in 1955. Ain Dara Te
Iron Age Syro-Hittite. A lion carved out of stone. Ain Dara temple. Ain Dara. Syria

Mesopotamian art. Neo-Assyrian Period (912-612 BC). Waterbasin from the Temple of Ashur. 704-681 B.C. Basalt. Decorated with reliefs depicting the rituals of water. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Black basalt relief depicting a soldier on a horse. Syria
Black basalt relief depicting a soldier on a horse. He was one of the 187 reliefs that decorated the base of the south wall of the Palace of King Kapara. 10th century BC

Black basalt reliefs from Kaparas Palace. Tell Halaf
Black basalt reliefs depicting an archer, archer with lion, knight, figure with a sickle, bird, knight in armor, dogs running, palm, leopard, fishing, gathering the harvest, gryphon

Hoa Hakananai a. Easter Island
Hoa Hakananai a. Human figure (moai). Basalt. 1000-1200. Easter Island. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Syria. Hama. Noria in the Orontes river next to Nur Al-Din Mosque, erected by Nur ad-Din Zangi in 1172

Azem Palace. Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian Arab Republic. Damascus. Azem Palace. 1750. House of Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions. Courtyard

Egyptian Art. Torso of a Ptolemaic King. Ptolemaic Period. 8
Egyptian Art. Torso of a Ptolemaic King, inscribed with cartouches of a late Ptolemy. Ptolemaic Period. 8030 B.C. Basalt. Egypt. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Sappho (c. 612-c 570 B. C. ). Ancient Greek poet
Sappho (c.612-c..570 B.C.). Ancient Greek poet. Bust. Black basalt. Copy of 16th-17th centuries from a Greek original. Palazzo Massimo. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy

Atlantic / St Helena 1841
St Helena: basalt needle Date: 1841

Old impact marks of volcanic bombs from an ancient volcano eruption basalt rocks at the East shore of Ilot Gabriel island Round Island and Ile aux Serpents island on horizon June North of Mauritius

Interior of Ilot Gabriel island a view to the West to a lighthouse on Ile Plate / Flat island vegetation among black basalt rocks wind-battered Common screwpine tree (on the right)

Vegetation and basalt rocks at the sea shore June near Le Prince Maurice Hotel Poste de Flacq East of Mauritius

Bra d Eau National Park forest is a typical habitat of Mascarene Paradise Flycatcher black basalt indicates an ancient lava flows June North of Mauritius

Stone of the Sun. 1479. Incorrectly known as Aztec Calendar. Disc shaped ceremonial monolith made of basalt with inscriptions about the Mexica cosmogony and the solar cults. Aztec art

Chateau de Polignac
The fortified 12th century Chateau de Polignac built on a natural basalt outcrop in the volcanic region surrounding Le Puys

Basaltic dyke, collected by Dr Benza in Neilgherries, India, c.1837. NHM specimen number: BM 649

Basalt tuff, collected by Dr Benza at a hillock just north of Napoleons Tomb, St Helena, c.1837. NHM specimen number: BM 861

Black basalt lava
This basalt lave has cooled quickly and gas bubbles have formed into balls of fragile, needle-sharp crystals of zeolite minerals

Oceanic and continental crust
A cross section of the Earths surface showing the continental crust on the left and oceanic crust on the right. Beneath the surface layer lies the Basaltic layer (in green) and the Mantle (in grey)

Volcanic eruption
A flood basalt eruption. One of a series (including image numbers 185 to 190) showing various forms of volcanic eruption

Harsomtus-em-hat figure. 664 BC. Royal chancellor and scribe of Lower Egypt. Saite period. Made in basalt. Egyptian art. Ptolemaic period. Sculpture on rock. SPAIN. Madrid

Aztec calendar. 1479. Basalt. Aztec art. Relief on rock. MEXICO. Mexico City. National Museum of Anthropology. Proc: MEXICO. Mexico City. Tenochtitlᮮ

Fingals Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland

Scotland / Staffa
Basalt formations on the Isle of Staffa, Isle of Staves or Columns off the west coast of Mull, Scotland. Date: 1950s

America. Scenes in Oregon and California. Basaltic Hill on t
Columns of basalt next to the Columbia River in Oregon

Basalt columns, Tasman Island, Tasmania, Australia
A dramatic view of the striking basalt cliffs of Tasman Island, off Tasmania in the southern seas

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