Limestone Collection (page 8)

Egypt. Pyramids of Giza. The Pyramid of Khafre, also known as the Pyramid of Chephren. Tomb of the fourth-dynasty pharaoh Khafre (Chephren). Detail. 26th century B.C. Old Kingdom

Egypt. Henutsens pyramid at Giza. Limestone stones. Fourth-dynasty Queen. 26th century B.C. Old Kingdom

Egypt. The Great Pyramid of Giza, called the Pyramid of Khufu and the Pyramid of Cheops. Is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis

Egypt. The pyramid of Hetepheres I with the Pyramid of Khufu
Egypt. The pyramid of Hetepheres I, G 1-a, with the Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) and Khafre (Chephren) at the background. 26th century B.C. Old Kingdom

Egypt. Satellite pyramids of the Great Pyramid of Khufu or Cheops, known as The Pyramids of Queens. From right to left: pyramid G 1-a

Egypt. Pyramid G1-b. Giza
Egypt. Pyramid G1-b, one of the subsidiary pyramids of the Giza East Field of the Giza Necropolis located to the eastern side of the Great Pyramid of Giza or Pyramid of Khufu (at the background)

Egypt. Blocks of stone fallen from one of three satellite pyramids of the Great Pyramid of Khufu or Cheops in the Giza Necropolis. 4th Dynasty. 26th century B.C. Old Kingdom

Egypt. Henutsens pyramid at Giza. Columns. Fourth-dynasty Queen. 26th century B.C. Old Kingdom

Egypt. Henutsens pyramid at Giza with the Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) at the background. Fourth-dynasty Queen. 26th century B.C. Old Kingdom

False door of Bateti. Egypt
Limestone false door of Bateti. The figure inside the niche depicts the deceased out of his grave to receive their offerings. 2400 BC. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Hieroglyphic writing. Tombstone of Kaiteps tomb
Hieroglyphic writing on a limestone tombstone of the Kaiteps tomb. 2300 BC. 5th - 6th Dynasties. Early Dynastic Period or Old Kingdom. Possibly from Giza. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Intefs seated statue. Egypt
Intefs seated statue. Limestone. Wearing with a wig, long skirt and with abdominal folds with which scuptor shows Intefs high social status, associated to abundant food and sedentary lifestyle

Bust of a Goddess. Egypt
Bust of a Goddess, probably Mut. Limestone. Around 1400 BC. From Thebes. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Limestones false door of Ptahshepses. Egypt
Limestone false door of Ptahshepses. The slabs paneled on both sides of the door are inscribed with the biography of Ptahshepses mentioning his birth and his marriage to Princess Khamaat. 2400 BC

Assyrian figure of an attendant god. Nimrud
Limestone figure of an attendant god. 811-783 BC. Neo-assyrian. From the Temple of Nabu, from Nimrud (Iraq). Detail. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Bearded workshipper. Cyprus
Limestone statue of a bearded workshipper. 575-550 BC. From the Sanctuary of Apollo at Phrangissa, Tamassos (Cyprus). Detail. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Syria. The Citadel of Salah Ed-Din or Saladin castle. Near Latakia. World Heritage Site by UNESCO

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

Greek Art. Colossal head of a woman in limestone. Archaeological Museum of Olympia. Greece

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

Egyptian Art. Head of a king, possibly Mentuhotep III. Middle Kingdom. Late 11th Dynasty. ca. 20001988 B.C.. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Egyptian Art. Upper Part of a statue representing a man called Iker. Middle Kingdom. Dynasty 11, late-12, early. ca. 20001917 B.C. Limestone. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Croatia. Pula. City panorama which the Arena. 1st century

Pula Arena. Croatia
Croatia. Pula Arena. 1st century

Hungary. Budapest. Christ at the Pillar. Holy Trinity Column. 1713

Hungary. Budapest. Holy Trinity Column. 1713

Aphaea Temple. Greece
Aphaea Temple. 6th - 5th centuries BC. Foundations. Island of Aegina. Saronic Islands. Greece

Greece. Tiryns. Ruins
Greece. Tiryns. Mycenaean city (3rd millennium B.C.). Upper terrace. Peloponnese

Triple-bodied Monster, know as Bluebeard. Pediment of the Hekatompedon of the Acropolis. 6th century BC. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece

Capital. Palace of Darius I
Capital from the audience hall of the Palace of Darius I (Susa). 6th century BC. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Osiris. Temple of Hatshepsut. Deir El-Bahari. Egypt
Osiris. Polychrome limestone reliefs from the Temple of Hatshepsut. Dynasty XVIII. New Kingdom. By 1490 B.C. Deir El-Bahari. Egypt

Polychrome relief depicting god Amun-Min as pharaoh. Egypt
Egyptian Art. Polychrome relief depicting god Amun-Min as pharaoh. From Thutmose III temple in Deir el-Bahari. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Luxor Museum. Egypt

Osiride pillar of pharaoh Sesostris I. Egypt
Egyptian Art. Osiride pillar of pharaoh Senusret I, Jeperkara Senusret or Sesostris I, second king of 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. Ruled between 1956 and 1910 BC. Luxor Museum. Egypt

Polychrome limestone reliefs depicting essences and perfumes vessels offering. Temple of Hatshepsut. Eighteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Egypt

Polychrome limestone reliefs depicting offerings to the gods. Papyrus flowers (a symbol of Lower Egypt). Temple of Hatshepsut. Eighteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Egypt

Treasury of Megara. Limestone pediment depicting a scene fro
Treasury of Megara. Limestone pediment that depicts a scene from gigantomachy. Late 6th century B.C. Olympia Archaeological Museum. Ilia Province. Peloponnese region. Greece

Fossils of algae, plants, insects and protozoa.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Fr. Rolles Geology and Paleontology section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Limestone Hill, Tickhill, Yorkshire
Limestone Hill, Tickhill, Doncaster, near Bawtry, Yorkshire, England. Showing Edwardian Family Group Date: 1906

Limestone Wagons, Sunderland, Northumberland
Limestone Wagons, Sunderland, near Newcastle, Northumberland, England. North Eastern Railway Date: 1920s

COLONIA, Francisco de ( -1542). SPAIN. Burgos. Church of Saint Nicholas of Bari. Altarpiece of Francisco de Colonia (? -1542) in limestone, ca.1505. Gothic art. Relief

Boats with tourists enter the cave, that features a limestone karst mountain landscape with an 8.2 km. navigable underground river

Limestone formations on the exit from the cave, that features a limestone karst mountain landscape with an 8.2 km. navigable underground river

Limestone rocks along river Chusovaya - the symbol of conquest of Siberia, the only river that flows from Asia to Europe cutting through the Ural Mountains

Rainforest and huge limestone rocks are typical in Sabang National Park. Palawan, Philippines - February

Entry to a cave that features a limestone karst mountain landscape with an 8.2 km. navigable underground river. 50 kilometers north of the city of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines. February

A group of tourists on a boat with a guide - inside the cave that features a limestone karst mountain landscape with an 8.2 km. navigable underground river

Limestone formations in the cave, that features a limestone karst mountain landscape with an 8.2 km. navigable underground river, supposedly the longest navigable underground river in the world

Paris, France - General View beneath the streets
Section of the soil under a street in Paris, showing drains, water and gas supplies and caves Date: 1854

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