Granite Collection (page 4)

Almendres Cromlech. Megalithic complex. Neolithic. Near Evor
The Cromlech of the Almendres. Megalithic complex: Cromlechs and menhirs stones. 6th millennium BC. Neolithic. Near Evora. Alentejo region. Portugal

Portugal. Evora. Church of St. Francis. Manueline style. 1475
Portugal. Evora. Church of St. Francis or Chapel of the Bones. Gothic style with some Manueline influences betwwen 1475-1550. Desing of Martim Lourenco

Culture of Verracos. Megalithic monument. Pre-romanic celtic
Culture of Verracos (3rd-4th centuries). Detail of Verraco. Granite megalithic monument. Represented pigs or bulls. Est Iberian meseta. Pre-romanic celtic peoples. Ciudad Rodrigo

Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (1803-1882). Estonian writer. Bust. Granite, 1952. By the Estonian sculptors Johannes Hirv (1902-1953) and Martin Saks (1902-1962).Tartu. Estonia

Finland. Helsinki. Central Railway Station designed by Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (1873-1950). Finnish granite

Finland. Helsinki. Johan Ludvig Runebergs memorial. By Walt
Finland. Helsinki. Monument dedicated to the Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804-1877). Statue by his son Walter Runeberg (1838-1920). Erected in 1885. Esplanadi Park

Italy. Rome. Basilica of Our Lady in Trastevere. Interior with the apse, in the background, with a mosaic of the Coronation of the Virgin, 12th century

Relief depicting a king, probably Ramesses II. Memphis. C. 12
Relief depicting a king, probably Ramesses II, with a short beard. Granite. New Kingdom. C. 1279-1213 BC. Memphis, Egypt. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

Vases and jar. Tomb 50. Meidum, Egypt. 2613-2589 BC
Vases of limestone and jar of granite. Tomb 50 of Meidum, Egypt. Reign of Snofru. Old Kingdom. 4th Dynasty. 2613-2589 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

King Ptolemy II offering eye-paint to the God Horakhte. Egyp
King Ptolemy II offering eye-paint to the God Horakhte. Granite. From the Temple of Isis at Behbeit el-Hagar. Reign of Ptolemy II. 285-246 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Relief depicting the lion goddess Mehit and the god Onuris-Shu. Granite. From the Temple of Onuris-Shu at Sebennytos. Reign of Alexander IV. 316-310 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Relief of a king and a ram-headed god. Egypt
Relief of a king and a ram-headed god. Granite. Reign of Ptolemy II or III. 285-221 BC. From the Temple of Isis at Behbeit el-Hagar. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Head of Pharaoh, probably Ramesses II. Egypt
Head of Pharaoh, probably Ramesses II. Red granite. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. 1250 B.C. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Ukraine. Livadia Palace
Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Livadia Palace. 20th century. Summer retreat of tsar Nicholas II built in Neo-Renaissance style by Nikolai Krasnov. Here was held the Yalta Conference at 1945

Egypt. The Pyramids of Giza. Pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure
Egypt. The Pyramids of Giza. Pyramids of Khafre (or Chephren) and Menkaure (or Mykerinos). 26th century B.C. 4th Dynasty. Old Kingdom

Egypt. The Pyramids of Giza. Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and M
Egypt. The Pyramids of Giza. Great Pyramid of Giza (known as the Great Pyramid and the Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu), the Pyramid of Khafre (or Chephren) and the Pyramid of Menkaure (or Mykerinos)

Egypt. The Great Pyramid of Giza called the Pyramid of Menka
Egypt. The Great Pyramid of Giza called Pyramid of Menkaure. The smallest of the three Pyramids of Giza. Tomb of the fourth-dynasty pharaoh Menkaure. Detail. 26th century B.C. Old Kingdom

The Rosetta Stone. Greek scripture
The Rosetta Stone. Fragment of a black granite stele with an inscription in different languages A?a?A?a?of a decree of Ptolemy V Epiphanes king. Greek scripture. Detail. Ptolemaic era. 196 BC

The Rosetta Stone. Hieroglyphical and demotic scripture
The Rosetta Stone. Fragment of a black granite stele with an inscription in different languages A?a?A?a?of a decree of Ptolemy V Epiphanes. Ptolemaic era. 196 BC

The Rosetta Stone. Hieroglyphical scripture
The Rosetta Stone. Fragment of a black granite stele with an inscription in different languages A?a?A?a?of a decree of Ptolemy V Epiphanes king. Ptolemaic era. 196 BC. Detail

The Rosetta Stone. Demotic and Greek scripture
The Rosetta Stone. Fragment of a black granite stele with an inscription in different languages A?a?A?a?of a decree of Ptolemy V Epiphanes king. Ptolemaic era. 196 BC. Demotic and Greek scripture

Sevastopol. Monument to the Scuttled Ships
Ukraine. Sevastopol. Monument to the Scuttled Ships. 1905. By A.G. Adamson, V.A. Feldman and O.I. Enberg. Sevastopol bay

United States. Washington D. C. Washington Monument. Obelisk
United States. Washington D.C. Washington Monument. Obelisk built to commemorate the first U.S. President, George Washington (1732-1799). National Mall

Sacred beetle. Giant statue, built by Pharaoh Amenhotep III
Egyptian Art. Sacred beetle. Giant statue, built by Pharaoh Amenhotep III (Imenhetep III). Represents Khepri, god of sunrise. Sacred Lake. Temple of Karnak. Around Luxor. Dynasty XVIII. New Kingdom

Goddess Sekhmet, Sculpture. Detail. Medinet Habu. Egypt
Goddess Sekhmet, goddess of war, represented with head of a lioness and the human body and crowned with the solar disk. Detail. Sculpture in the mortuary temple of Ramses III (1187-1156 BC)

Ramesseum. Granite bust of Pharaoh Ramses II. Egypt
Rameseum. Granite bust of Pharaoh Ramses II. 13th century B.C. Nineteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Necropolis of Thebes. Valley of the Kings. Egypt

Dolmen of Cova d En Daina. Near Romanya de la Selva. Catalon
Dolmen of Cova d en Daina. Near Romanya de la Selva. Catalonia. Spain

Bunker Hill monument, Charlestown, Boston
Built to commemorate the Battle of Bunker Hill, the first major conflict between British and Patriot forces in the American revolutionary war

Syria / Palmya / Pillars
Some of the fine granite pillars and colonnades at Palmyra. Date: 1872

View of Hay Tor Rocks, Dartmoor, Devon
View of Hay Tor (Haytor) Rocks, a granite tor on the eastern edge of Dartmoor, Devon. Date: circa 1980s

Stonemason working with granite in a workshop. Date: circa 1970s

London at Night - Cleopatras Needle and Victoria Embankment. The red granite obelisk was brought to London from Egypt in 1878 - its base is flanked by two bronze statues of the sphinx. Date: 1932

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