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Kadesh Treaty, 1269 BC. Egyptian-Hittite Peace Treaty. TerraKadesh Treaty, 1269 BC. Egyptian-Hittite Peace Treaty between Ramesses II and Hattusilis III. Terracotta. Hittite version. From Hattusas (Bogazkoy). Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Jewish Scroll MsA carved Esther scroll case depicting the story of Purim. This is a Jewish manuscript from Eastern Europe
Roman art. Boy with horse (possible CastorI. Marble. ReliefRoman art. Bas-relief. Boy with a horse, probably Castor taming his horse, acompanied by a dog. Found in the pantanella of Hadrians Villa at Tivoli. 125 AD. British Museum. London. England
Wallingford Screen, St Albans Abbey, HertfordshireView of the 15th century Wallingford Screen (high altar) in St Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire. The statues were destroyed during the Dissolution, but were replaced in the 19th century
Victorian woman (Polhill-Turner family)An upper class Victorian woman, probably a member of the Polhill-Turner family of Howbury Hall, Renhold, Bedfordshire
Absence Makes HeartA photograph with the model posed as a homage to Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder by Marcus Stone
Fan with FairiesA highly ornamental lace folding fan by Duvelleroy of Paris with painted scenes depicting fairies by a pond & with sticks carved in imitation of feathers
Royal Chattris, Orchha, IndiaThe Royal Chattris (14 cenotaphs or tombs carved out of stone) of former rulers, in Kanchana Ghat on the banks of the river Betwa at Orchha, Madhya Pradesh Province, India
Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, HertfordshireHarry Macdonalds Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, Knebworth, Hertfordshire. Harry MacDonald (a Yorkshireman) came south and brought this cottage for 1, 000 in 1937
Christ in Majesty, Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, South WalesChrist in Majesty, sculpture by Epstein, in the nave of Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, South Wales. Date: circa 1970s
Ashanti stool taken from the Palace of King Prempei at Kumasi during the 3rd Ashanti War, 1896 (c)
Judaism. Torah scroll case wrapped in black. Libya, 1889. Carved wood and cotton
Al Khazneh Temple, Petra, JordanAl Khazneh (The Treasury) Temple, Petra, Jordan, carved out of the sandstone rock face. Date: 20th century
Neo-Sumerian. Statue of Gudea. Girsu, Iraq. 2120 BC. CuneifoMesopotamia. Neo-Sumerian. Ruler Gudea of state of Lagash. Diorita statue. From Girsu (modern Telloh). Iraq. 2120 BC. Cuneiform inscription. Detail. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France
WW1 - Pekin Camp, Camp for Chinese Labour Corps, Mont KemmelWW1 - Pekin Camp - Camp for The Chinese Labour Corps on the Western Front. The camp was near The Kemmelberg (also known as Kemmel Hill or Mont Kemmel), Heuvelland, West Flanders, Belgium
Fabulous Arab Doorway - Sidi Bou Said, TunisiaAn absolutely fabulous Arab Doorway in the port town of Sidi Bou Said Tunisia, with a pair of knockers for the main decorated wooden doors (for ease of knocking when on a camel or on horseback)
Petra - The Treasury, JordanPetra - The Treasury (Al Khazneh), Jordan - the fallen pillar was restored in the 1960s - 4th century BC Building of the Nabatean Culture. Date: circa 1920s
Lord Brooke, later 6th Earl of WarwickLord Brooke (Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville, 1882-1928) who married Miss Elfrida Marjorie Eden on 29 April 1909 at St Margarets Church, Westminster
The Garden Model Village - Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer GreenHarry Macdonalds Model Village in the Garden of his Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, Knebworth, Hertfordshire
Advertisement, Levi Strauss copper riveted overallsAdvertisement for Levi Strauss copper riveted overalls, featuring Levis Electric Rodeo -- the Talk of Treasure Island
Zanzibar - Tanzania - Large Ivory Tusks Date: circa 1910s
The Chapter House Doorway, Wells Cathedral, Somerset. Date: circa 1920s
Veiled Turkish beauty looking into an oval mirrorVeiled Turkish Oriental Eastern beauty admiring herself in an oval mirror (set into an elegantly carved frame) in this stylish Studio Photograph aimed squarely at the Tourist market! Date: circa 1908
Examples of art on the RMS Queen Mary. At the top left are four statuettes carved from limewood blocks by Norman J Forrest, representing The Four Seasons, for the main tourist class staircase
Harrow School - 4th Form Room, with panelled walls covered with the carved graffiti signatures of generations of students, including the signatures of Byron, Palmerston and Archbishop Trench
Morocco - Interior of an Arab houseThree women in the interior of a Morrocan Arab house
Items in the Tudor Exhibition, 1890Engraving showing a number of relics from the sixteenth century exhibited in the Tudor Exhibition of 1890
Chantry of Henry VAn elaborately carved chantry chapel in Westminster Abbey was built above between 1437 and 1450
Sophocles - Greek playwrightSophocles (495-406 BC) - Greek playwright. Sophocles wrote 120 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form
A Tiki at Raroera Pah, New Zealand. Plate from The New Zealanders illustrated by George French Angas (1822-1886). Date: 1847
Men sitting at base of column, Karnak, EgyptMen sitting at the base of a column, Karnak, Egypt. Date: circa 1870
Stone Letter BoxA quaint carved stone letter box on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. Date: 1930s
Two Bull terrier dogs in a carved chair Date: 1950s
Woolfe family of The Clough, Hale, Bucklow, Cheshire - possibly Lucy, at the foot of a staircase in her home, The Clough. (2 of 2) Date: 1889
Woolfe family of The Clough, Hale, Bucklow, Cheshire - possibly Lucy, at the foot of a staircase in her home, The Clough. (1 of 2) Date: 1889
Young girl in studio photo with ornately carved wooden screen behind her Date: circa 1910s
Masterpiece of African Sculpture Sold 1958The Benin mask, curved from a single piece of African elephant ivory, associated with King Esigie and his son, King Orhogbua, captured by a British punitive force in 1897
House of Prime Rob Resturant facade, San FranciscoHouse of Prime Rob Resturant facade, 106 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California, USA - serving roast prime ribs of beef exclusively carved at your table from the cart. Date: circa late 1940s
Africa - Zanzibar - Girl in ornately-carved wooden doorwayAfrica - Zanzibar - Young girl in an ornately-carved wooden doorway in Stone Town. Date: 1991
Africa - Nigeria - Calabash Carver. Date: circa 1970s
Temple Period (3600 BC to 2500 BC). Malta. Headless seated statue depicting a woman with a voluminous body. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta
Bronze dagger. From Ghar Mirdum, Malta. Bronze AgeBronze dagger with carved bone handle. From Ghar Mirdum Cave, Dingli, Malta. Bronze Age. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta
Upper part of a statue menhir made of globigerina limestone and saturated with red ochre. It has a carved representation of a human face. Ta Trapna z-Zghira, Malta. Zebbug Phase (4100 BC to 3800 BC)
Temple Period (4000 to 2500 BC). Malta. Rim sherdPrehistory. Temple Period (4000 to 2500 BC). Malta. Rim sherd of a bowl with a five pointed star decoration. From Tarxien. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta
Temple Period (4000 to 2500 BC). Malta. BrokenPrehistory. Temple Period (4000 to 2500 BC). Malta. Broken globigerina limestone slab which shows five sections separated with incised lines
Heavily damaged stone statue. From the Tas-SilgHeavily damaged stone statue which probably depicted a figure of the corpulent type. From the Tas-Silg archaeological complex. Island of Malta. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta
Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). MegalithismNeolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Megalithism. Architectural fragment decorated with ornamental reliefs in spiral shape. Malta. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta
Stone altar. From Hagar Qim, Malta. Temple Period (3600 BC to 2500 BC). National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta
Tarxien Phase (3000 BC to 2500 BC). Stone blockNeolithic Period. Tarxien Phase (3000 BC to 2500 BC). Stone block from the temple of Bugibba, Malta. Incised decoration depicting fishes carved on the sides. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Built in honour of a mother goddess of fertility
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Built in honour of a mother goddess of fertility. Architectural fragment decorated with reliefs depicting animals
Ggantija Phase (ca. 3600 to 3000 BC). Detail ofNeolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Ggantija Phase (ca. 3600 to 3000 BC). Detail of an architectural fragment decorated with a multitude of tiny holes drilled side by side
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Built in honour of a mother goddess of fertility. Reliefs on one of the stone blocks, decorated with borders
Funerary monument, shaped as a stone altar, of Tatianos, son of Euenos and Antiocheis. 2nd-3rd centuries AD
Funerary monument, shaped as a stone altar, ofFunerary monument, shaped as a stone altar, and respective socle, of Caius Servilius Claranus. 2nd century AD. Inscription: Dedicated to Gods Manes
Honorific cippus from Thermae Cassiorum, Lisbon. 1st century AD
Pedestal in honor of the Divine Augustus, by Caius Arrius Optatus and Caius Iulius Eutychus, two municipal augustalis. Detail of the inscription: To the divine Augustus
Stone altar consecrated to Endovellicus, by Marcus Licinius Nigellius
Pedestal in honor of the Divine Augustus, by Caius Arrius Optatus and Caius Iulius Eutychus, two municipal augustalis. Inscription: To the divine Augustus
Big pedestal dedicated to Endovellicus, by Marcus Vibius Bassus and Marcus Vibius Avitus. 1st century AD. Detail of an inscription. Sao Miguel da Mota. Terena, Alandroal, Evora. Portugal
Stone altar dedicated to Endovellicus, by MarcusStone altar dedicated to Endovellicus (Endovelicus), by Marcus Fannius Augurinus. 1st century AD. Detail. Sao Miguel da Mota. Terena. Alandroal, Evora, Portugal. National Archaeology Museum
Forum of Nerva, Rome (The Temple of Pallas)Forum of Nerva, Rome (The Temple of Pallas - Tempio di Pallade) Date: circa 1905
Prince Edward, sculpted in butter, British Empire ExhibitionBritish Empire Exhibition - The Canadian Pavilion. Statue of Edward, Prince of Wales, carved in butter! Date: 1924
New York World's Fair, Carved Glass SealA photograph of a striking carved glass seal of the United States, in the Federal Building reception room at the New York World's Fair, held at Flushing Meadows during 1939-40. Date: circa 1939
Stele erected by Cassia Cogitata in memory of her parents Cassius Felix and Cassia Lacaena, and her son Vetsidius Super. Detail of the inscription. Dated to the middle of the 2nd century AD
Stele erected by Cassia Cogitata in memory of her parents Cassius Felix and Cassia Lacaena, and her son Vetsidius Super. Decorated with reliefs of Medusa and a krater with vine branches
Detail of the stele erected by Praepositus Aurelius Crescentius and his wife Vincentia in memory of Aurelia Vericia. Family portrait. Dated to the beginning of the 4th century AD
Stele erected by Praepositus Aurelius Crescentius and his wife Vincentia in memory of Aurelia Vericia. Family portrait. Dated to the beginning of the 4th century AD. From Montana, Bulgaria
Detail of a column with memorial inscription of Kopsis Kopan. Time of Omurtag, Great Khan of Bulgaria (814-831). National Archaeological Museum. Sofia. Bulgaria
Remains of a column with the text of a peace treaty. Provenance unknown. First half of the 9th century AD. National Archaeological Museum. Sofia. Bulgaria
Treaty of 815. Detail of a column bearingTreaty of 815. 30-year peace agreement signed in Constantinople between the Bulgarian Khan Omurtag (814-831) and the Byzantine Emperor Leo V the Armenian (813-820)
