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Stanleys Canoe MadeNatives of Central Africa make a new canoe for H.M.Stanleys Zaire expedition, carving it out of a tree
The superbly-carved Obsidian Head of Pharoah Senusret III - Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 12th dynasty (ca. 1860 BC). Date: circa 1860 BC
Ancient settlement of the Ice Age, Kazakhstan areaAncient village settlement of the Ice Age or Stone Age, with a woman butchering a deer carcass, a man carving a stone, and people collecting firewood. 8700-2000 BCE
Artist and sculptor Jonathan Mulvaney, of Staffordshire, England, at work with a chain saw on the wooden sculpture of a sitting figure. Date: circa 1990
Axum, Ethiopia, East Africa - Monolithic Stele - 1st century. These tall, carved obelisks, relics of the ancient Kingdom of Aksum - they are markers for the Royal Tombs. Date: 1910s
Aerial view above The Sphinx, Giza, Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1920s
Interior of Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram Island, IndiaInterior (The Great Corridor) of Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram Island, Tamil Nadu, India, a Hindu temple in Dravidian style dedicated to the god Shiva. Date: circa early 1930s
Maori tools and weapons with elaborate carving: axe, fish knife, and box. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World
Casa dei Vetti (House of the Vettii), Pompeii, Italy. Date: circa 1900
English medieval wood carving - church pew decorationEnglish 15th century medieval wood carving - likely a bench end, the wooden end panel of a church pew. Bench ends were highly decorated with carvings
The Ornate Priors Door at Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire. A twelfth-century carved door way connected the Cathedral to the medieval cloister
Athens, Greece - Relief sculptures - Theatre of Dionysus. Alterations carried out in the third century AD by the archon Phaedrus included the re-use of earlier Hadrianic reliefs (pictured here)
Delhi, India - Tomb of Shams Uddin Altamash (Shams ud-Din Iltutmish). Date: 1911
Santiago de Compostela - Basilica - Portico de la GloriaSantiago de Compostela, Spain - Basilica - Portico de la Gloria Date: circa 1910s
Fair Maid of Kent - The Black Princes Chantry, CanterburyJoan of Kent (13281385), known as The Fair Maid of Kent - the mother of King Richard II of England - ceiling boss in the Huguenot Chapel (Black Princes Chantry), Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury
Aztec Statuettes - Idols - In the National Museum of Mexico, Mexico City. Date: 1910s
Delhi, India - Tomb of Shams ud-Din IltutmishThe Tomb of Shams ud-Din Iltutmish (r. 12111236), the third ruler of the Mamluk dynasty of Delhi of Turkic origin, at the Qutb complex
Ravenna - Basilica di S. Apollinare in Classe - SarcophagusRavenna, Italy - Basilica di S.Apollinare in Classe - Sarcophagus of Archbishop Theodore, Basilica of Saint Apollinaris in Classe (6th century). Date: 6th century
Entente Cordiale, Butter carving, Franco-British Exhibition, London - Canadian Pavilion. King Edward VII (1841-1910) (left) shaking hands with Emile Loubet (1838-1929), President of France. Date: 1908
Britannia by Felix Desruelles at Boulogne-sur-Mer, FranceBritannia by Felix-Alexandre Desruelles (18651943) at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - commemorating the arrival of the British troops in 1914
Mayan Monolith - Quirigua - Sky Xul in Jaws of a MonsterGuatemala - Mayan Monolith - Quirigua - 8th century AD. Quirigua is an ancient Maya archaeological site in the department of Izabal in south-eastern Guatemala
Statue of Ramesses II, Luxor, EgyptStatue of Ramesses II ( The Great ), Statues in peristyle courtyard of Ramesses II, Luxor, Egypt. Date: circa 1910s
Norman Chapel in the Keep, Dover Castle, Kent Date: circa 1920s
Vauban's Tomb - Hotel des Invalides, Paris, France. Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Seigneur de Vauban, later Marquis de Vauban (1633-1707)
Indian Idol in the grounds, Sandringham, Norfolk - Painted by artist Charles Howard for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
La Laguna - Artistic details in the Church of the ConceptionCanary Islands - Tenerife, San Cristobal de La Laguna - Artistic details in the Church of the Conception Date: circa 1920s
Porch of St Mary the Virgin Church, Oxford, Oxfordshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
South Porch, Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
North Door, St Michael's Church, in the village of Guiting Power, Gloucestershire Date: 1930s
View of south doorway (east end), St Edburg's Church, Bicester, Oxfordshire Date: 1930s
Interior view, nave looking west, St Edburg's Church, Bicester, Oxfordshire Date: 1930s
Interior view looking SW, St Edburg's Church, Bicester, Oxfordshire Date: 1930s
Interior of St George's Church, looking east, in the village of Brockworth, Gloucestershire Date: 1930s
Interior of St George's Church, looking NE, under the tower, in the village of Brockworth, Gloucestershire Date: 1930s
Initials, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, FranceInitials carved in the stone wall of the cellar, on the first floor of the lay brothers building, built 12th century and rebuilt 1708, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey
Dragons - Tournai font at All Saints Church, East MeonA close-up detailed view of the dark limestone Tournai font at All Saints Church, East Meon, Hampshire. Likely a gift from Bishop Henry de Blois
Adam and Eve - Tournai Font, All Saints Church, East MeonA close-up detailed view of the Adam and Eve side of the dark limestone Tournai font at All Saints Church, East Meon, Hampshire
The Tournai font at East Meon Church, HampshireA close-up detailed view of the dark limestone Tournai font at All Saints Church, East Meon, Hampshire. Likely a gift from Bishop Henry de Blois
White Star Line, RMS Olympic oak architrave sectionsWhite Star Line, RMS Olympic, oak architrave sections from Stateroom C-62, ex-Marquis of Granby, with carved acanthus decoration
Southport War Memorial, London Square, Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside. Designed by the local architects Grayson and Barnish, with carving by Herbert Tyson Smith
Idol in Red Idol Gorge, on the road to Gyantse, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to
Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, See No Evil, Nikko, JapanHear No Evil, Speak No Evil, See No Evil (Three Wise Monkeys), oak carving outside a Shinto stable, Nikko, Japan - Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Date: circa 1910
The Buddhas of Bamiyan, Afghanistan Date: 1834
Hebrew Inscription dating from the 14th centurySpain, Catalonia, Barcelona. Hebrew inscription dating from the 14th century, located on Marlet Street in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain)
Tower Bridge, front elevation of Middlesex Abutment Date: circa 1892
The Mausoleum of Sir Titus Salt, Saltaire, West YorkshireThe Mausoleum of Sir Titus Salt, United Reformed Church, Saltaire, near Bradford, West Yorkshire Date: 1877
A Corner of the Workshop, by Edouard Joseph Dantan - the artist depicts his father working on a bas relief. Date: 1880
Three wise monkeys at the Tosho-gu shrine in Nikko, JapanThe three wise monkeys - a 17th-century carving at the Tosho-gu shrine in Nikko, Japan carved by Hidari Jingoro - hear no evil (Kikazaru), speak no evil (Iwazaru), see no evil (Mizaru)
