Carvings Collection (page 4)

Maori Carvings
Authentic Maori carvings frame the entrance to the lounge and dining room at the Spa Hotel, Taupo, New Zealand. Date: 1940s

Carved Korean Mountain Gods at the roadside. Date: 1909

Workshop of H. Trauffer - Davos, Switzerland
The carpentry workshop of carpenter H. Trauffer of Davos, Switzerland, pictures carving a fabulous life-size Saint Bernard dog. Date: circa 1920s

Details / Bedroom Ceiling
Details from a bedroom ceiling in the Palais Royal, Paris. Date: Circa 1760

Rome / Trajan Column C1760
Trajans Column in Trajans Forum, Rome.The monument was built under Emperor Trajan and was finished in 113 AD. The carvings depict Trajans campaigns in Dacia. Date: 2nd century AD

View of Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire, from the south west, showing one of the ornately carved gothic doorways, with statues of saints in niches above

Hien Nhon Gate, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam
View of the Hien Nhon Gate, entrance to the former Imperial City of Hue, in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam. It was damaged during the Tet Offensive of 1968, but has since been restored

Entrance to Royal Palace, Angkor Thom, Cambodia
Figures carved in stone at the main entrance to the Royal Palace at Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia. The palace was built in the 10th and 11th centuries

Relief carvings, Wat Bayon temple, Angkor Thom, Cambodia
Relief carvings at the Wat Bayon Khmer Buddhist temple at Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia, built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries

Entrance to Ta Prohm temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Entrance to the Ta Prohm (Ancestor Brahma) Khmer Buddhist temple at Siem Reap, Cambodia. It was built in the Bayon style in the late 12th and early 13th centuries

North Pagoda, Falun Temple, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, Chi
View of the North Pagoda of the Falun Temple at Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China, built in 1643

Entrance to Wat Bayon temple, Angkor Thom, Cambodia
One of the entrances to the inner temple, at the Wat Bayon Khmer Buddhist temple at Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia, built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries

Ruin of Wat Phou, Champasak, Laos
Ruin of the Wat Phou or Vat Phou, a Khmer temple complex in Champasak Province, southern Laos. The surviving structures date from the 11th to 13th centuries

Entrance to Yungang Cave in Datong, Shanxi, China
The entrance to Yungang (Cloud Ridge) Cave or Grotto no. 10 in Datong, Shanxi Province, in the Peoples Republic of China, showing details of intricate Buddhist carvings in the rock

Leptis Magna, Libya - Al Hums - some of the dozens of heads of Medusa that used to decorate the Severan Forum. Nowadays some are detached and lie damaged on the ground

Reconstructed Maori village, Rotorua, North Island, New Zeal
Part of the defence stockade of Tamaki, a reconstructed Maori village south of Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand. The village has won awards, and visitors can experience some of the traditions

Maori meeting house, Wairoa, North Island, New Zealand
A Maori Marae or meeting house in Wairoa, Gisborne, North Island, New Zealand. It is decorated with traditional Maori sculptures

Pratapeswar Temple, Kalna, West Bengal, India
Terracotta carvings above the entrance to the Pratapeswar Hindu Temple in Kalna, known as the Temple City, in West Bengal, India. The temple was built in the mid-19th century

Elephant carvings, India
Temple ceiling with carvings of elephants, India

Temple of Nefertaril, Abu Simbel, Egypt
Abu Simbel, entrance, Temple of Nefertaril, Egypt. Photograph by Lionel Coates

Abu Simbel, entrance to tomb of Rameses II. Photograph by Lionel Coates

Rotheneuf, France - Emerald Coast - The Rock Carvings
Rotheneuf, France - The Emerald Coast - The Rock Carvings. The village is a seaside resort but is famous for its sculpted rocks, " rochers sculpts"

Carvings in Madhya Pradesh, Central India
Elaborate carvings on a monument in Madhya Pradesh, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Ornate building in Madhya Pradesh, Central India
The ornately carved entrance to a building in Madhya Pradesh, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Ajaigarh Fort and Temple Ruins, Central India
Ajaigarh Fort and Temple Ruins, Madhya Pradesh, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Carvings on the Khajuraho Temples, India
The ornate carvings on the walls of the Khajuraho Temples, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh Province, India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Carved gateway to Stupa at Sanchi, Central India
The beautifuly ornate carved gateway to the Stupa at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. The Stupa is a large hemispherical dome with a central chamber containing relics of the Buddha

The fort at Agra
Oldest part of the fort at Agra, India, now a UNESCO world heritage site. The great Mughals Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jehangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb lived here, and the country was governed from here

India, Jaipur - the Hawa Mahal
Hawa Mahal, a palace in Jaipur, India. It was built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh, and designed by Lal Chand Usta in the form of the crown of Krishna, the Hindu god

The Lintel of the Tomb of Ay
Illustration showing the carvings found on the lintel of the Tomb of Ay at El Amarua, near Cairo in Egypt, 1909

Native American Indian Encampment near the Fraser River, 188
Illustration showing some native American Indian wooden huts with carvings and flags, near Yale, Fraser River, British Columbia, 1882

Native American Indian Lodge, Nanaimo, 1882
Illustration showing native American Indian women, wrapped in shawls, sitting outside their lodge which is decorated with elaborate totem carvings, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, 1882

Trajans Column / Rome
Trajans Column in Trajans Forum, Rome

Rome / Catacombs / 1872
Exploring the cubiculum of Saint Cornelius, in the catacombs of St Calixtus

Luxor Temple Courtyard
Luxor Temple; courtyard surrounded by pillars and statues of Rameses II. The two tourists give a good idea of the immense scale of the carved figures

Crypt of S. Cornelio / Rome
Visitors are shown the tombs in the crypt of San Callisto Church near the Via Appia

Ram-Headed Sphinxes
At the Temple of Amun at Karnak the entrance is flanked by rows of ram-headed sphinxes

Coronation Carving 1559
Detail of one of the carvings on an oak settle made to commemorate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth I

Rosslyn Chapel 1835
Rosslyn Chapel, Roslin, Midlothian: interior view, showing ornate carvings and cusping

Banh-Yong / Cambodia
Four-faced pillars at Banh- yong, each with a different aspect of Buddha

Dutch Trading Vessels
A fine engraving of Dutch trading vessels, showing the distinctive rounded hull, and elaborate carvings both fore and aft

Temple at Chichen Itza, Yucatan State, Mexico
Facade of one of the temples at the pre-Hispanic city of Chichen Itza, Yucatan State, Mexico

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