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Transverse Dykes Or Sills in Triassic Sandstone, Scrabo. Newtownards - a view of strata in an exposed section of hillside. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Newtownards)
Two pieces of Carboniferous sandstone from BallycastleBlocked-out view of two pieces of Carboniferous sandstone from Ballycastle. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Ballycastle). Date: circa early 1900s
Nelsons Column (1840-1843). Trafalgar Square. LondonNelsons Column (1840-1843). Designed by William Railton (1800-1877), was built to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Corinthian order and Dartmor granite
Relief from the chapel of king Amanitenmemide protected by the goddess Isis. Sandstone. 1st century BC. Pyramid N17. From Meroe. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany
Hieroglyphics. Relief. From the Temple of Queen HatshepsutRelief depicting hieroglyphical scripture. Sandstone. New Kingdom. 18th Dynasty. 1479-1458 BC. From the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. Neues Museum. Berlin. Egypt
Germany. Berlin. Brandenburg Gate crowned by the Quadriga ofGermany. Berlin. Brandenburg Gate, built between 1788 and 1791 by Carl Langhans in classical style. Crowned by the Quadriga of Victory (1793)
Statue of God Sebiumeker. Probably 1st century BC. Sandstone. From Meroe, Sudan. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark
Meroitic stelaSandstone Meroitic stela with one of the longest known texts in meroitic language. Are recognisable the names of the Queen Amanirenas
The White House. Washington D. C. United StatesUnited States. Washington D.C. The White House. Built in 1792 in neoclassical style by James Hoban (c. 1762-1831)
Egyptian Art. Temple of Dendur. Built by Emperor Augustus in honor of the goddess Isis. Roman Period. About 15 B.C. Reign of Augustus Caesar. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States
Egyptian Art. Cornice Block with relief showing the Baptism of Pharaoh Roman Period. 41- 68 A.D. Sandstone. 1st Cataract, Philae, Temple of Harendotes. Egypt. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York
Pre-Columbian art. Aztec. Standard Bearer. 15thearly 16th century. Sandstone, laminated. It comes from the town of Castillo de Teayo in northern Veracruz, Mexico. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Silves Cathedral. PortugalPortugal. Silves Cathedral (15th century). Bell tower. Algarve
The Silk Tomb. Petra. JordanThe Silk Tomb. Hellenistic facade. Petra. Jordan
Algeria. Timgad. Roman causeway and Trajans ArchRoman Art. Algeria. Timgad. Roman causeway and Trajans Arch in the background
Pharaoh before gods. Edfu. EgyptTemple of Horus. Pharaoh before gods. Main entrance. First pylon. Detail. Edfu. Egypt
Temple of Horus. Pylon entrance. Edfu. EgyptTemple of Horus. Built in the Ptolemaic period between 237 and 57 BC. Pylon at the front of the temple.. Edfu. Egypt
The pharaoh Ptolemy XII Neo Dionysos Edfu. EgyptTemple of Horus. The pharaoh Ptolemy XII Neo Dionysos. Main entrance. First pylon. Detail. Edfu. Egypt
Horus. Edfu. EgyptTemple of Horus. God Horus with double crown. Main entrance. First pylon. Detail. Edfu. Egypt
God Horus and goddess Hathor. Edfu. EgyptTemple of Horus. God Horus and goddess Hathor with double crown. Main entrance. First pylon. Detail. Edfu. Egypt
Talatat walls from the temple of Amenhotep IVEgyptian art. Talatat walls from the temple of Amenhotep IV. Composed of 283 blocks of polychromed sandstone. Storage of goods in the temple. 18th Dynasty. New Empire. Luxor Museum. Egypt
Colossi of Memnon. Western colossus. Luxor. EgyptColossi of Memnon. Stone statues depicting pharaoh Amenhotep III (14th century B.C.) in a seated position. Western colossus. Eighteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Luxor. Egypt
Colossi of Memnon. Eastern colossus. Luxor. EgyptColossi of Memnon. Stone statues depicting pharaoh Amenhotep III (14th century B.C.) in a seated position. Eastern colossus. Eighteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Luxor. Egypt
Colossi of Memnon. Luxor. EgyptColossi of Memnon. Stone statues depicting pharaoh Amenhotep III (14th century B.C.) in a seated position. Panoramic view. Eighteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Luxor. Egypt
Garden of the Gods, near Manitou, Colorado, USAA narrow gap between two sandstone masses forms the entrance to the Garden of the Gods, near Manitou, Colorado. The Garden contains strangely shaped isolated rocks of all shapes and sizes
Sopwith Model I: Stratified rocks / denudationBlack lines in this model represent coal seams, between lighter shales and sandstones. When separated the lower section shows a gently inclined valley floor
Mesa Encantada, New Mexico, USA, a sandstone butte, thought by some to be haunted. Date: circa 1910s
Switzerland - Lucerne the Lion MonumentColoured lantern slide of the Lion of Lucerne. Designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 182021 by Lukas Ahorn, the statue commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French
Emmeline Pankhurst Grave Brompton CemetaryThe grave of Emmeline Pankhurst in Brompton Cemetery, London. The headstone, a celtic cross in red sandstone was designed by the sculptor Julian Phelps Allan (1892-1996)
A Tertiary Igneous DykeA Tertiary igneous dyke cutting through a sandstone deposit. The igneous rock pierced its way through the earths crust in a vertical fissure
The London Bridge rocks, Sorrento, Victoria, AustraliaThe weathered London Bridge sandstone rock formation at Sorrento, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia Date: circa 1907
Garden of the Gods, Colorado, USA - Cathedral SpiresGarden of the Gods, Colorado, USA - The Cathedral Spires (centre). Date: circa 1903
Coloured cliffs, Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. Date: circa 1920s
Utah - Castle Gate, Price River Canyon Date: circa 1920s
Cephalaspid, fishesBlock of Old Red Sandstone from the Lower Devonian period about 400 million years ago containing the skeletons of cephalaspid fishes
Calcareous Sandstone, Bermuda 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Cheirolepis, fossil fishA fossil fish from the Old Red Sandstone with minute square scales and a single dorsal fin
Thursius pholidotus, fossil fishThis shows a Devonian fish originating from the Old Red Sandstone near Thurso, Scotland
Millstone Grit, Stanage Edge, DerbyshireA Millstone Grit outcrop at Stanage Edge, Derbyshire. Old, discarded mill stone wheels can bee seen in the foreground
Common rock typesA collection of common rock types - left to right - Igneous (granite), sedimentary (sandstone) and metamorphic (schist)
Ripple-marked sandstoneTide formed, symmetrical, ripple marks shown here in this specimen of fossilised in sandstone
6 million year old fossiliferous sandstones
Sandstone is formed by loose grains of quartz compacted and cemented together
Hones for sharpening metal edgesThe longest hone here dates back to the 12th century and was discovered in Winchester however the rock type matches specimens of schist from quarries in Eidsborg in Norway
Rhynchosaurus footprintsFossil footprints made by Rhynchosaurus on a slab of Triassic, Keuper Sandstone from a quarry in Rathbone Street, Liverpool. Dimensions of slab are 5 inches x 6 inches
SandstonesA collection if sandstones showing colour variations. Clockwise from the left: green Ightham Stone, brown St Bees, beige L Coal Measures from Derbyshire and striped from Stirling
Quartzite