Stones Collection (#11)

Portrait of the emperor Tiberius, end of 1st centurt AD
7287183 Portrait of the emperor Tiberius, end of 1st centurt AD; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Portrait of the emperor Titus. End of the 1st century AD)

Large head sculpture of Emperor Caesar Augustus
7287177 Large head sculpture of Emperor Caesar Augustus; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Large head sculpture of Emperor Caesar Augustus. 1st century AD. Chiaramonti Museum)

Large head sculpture of Emperor Caesar Augustus
7287176 Large head sculpture of Emperor Caesar Augustus; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Large head sculpture of Emperor Caesar Augustus. 1st century AD. Chiaramonti Museum)

Statuette of Artemis
7287257 Statuette of Artemis.; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statuette of Artemis. Mid 2nd century AD copy of a Greek original of the mid-4th century BC)

Statue of Goddess Breastfeeding a baby
7287255 Statue of Goddess Breastfeeding a baby; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of Goddess Breastfeeding a baby. 1st century AD)

Herm of Hephaestus
7287201 Herm of Hephaestus; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Herm of Hephaestus. Roman sculture inspired by a statue made by Alkamenes between 421 and 416 BC)

Portrait of the Emperor Antoninus Pius
7287199 Portrait of the Emperor Antoninus Pius; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Portrait of the Emperor Antoninus Pius. 2nd century AD)

Colosseum, Rome, Italy (photo)
7071431 Colosseum, Rome, Italy (photo); (add.info.: Colosseum, Rome, Italy); Photo © Stefano Baldini

Bust of emperor Galerius, early 4th century AD, porphyry, Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt
7058327 Bust of emperor Galerius, early 4th century AD, porphyry, Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt; Egyptian National Museum, Cairo, Egypt; Photo © Stefano Baldini

Statue of ptolemaic king, 332-30 BC, red granite, from Karnak, Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt
7058324 Statue of ptolemaic king, 332-30 BC, red granite, from Karnak, Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt; Egyptian National Museum, Cairo, Egypt; Photo © Stefano Baldini

Amenhotep, son of Hapu, late period, 746-332 BC circa, from Karnak, Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt
7058316 Amenhotep, son of Hapu, late period, 746-332 BC circa, from Karnak, Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt; Egyptian National Museum, Cairo, Egypt; Photo © Stefano Baldini

King Userkaf, 5th dynasty, from the sun temple of Userkaf, Schist, Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt
7058342 King Userkaf, 5th dynasty, from the sun temple of Userkaf, Schist, Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt; Egyptian National Museum, Cairo, Egypt; Photo © Stefano Baldini

Statue of Mentuhotep Nebheptre, 11th dynasty, from Deir el Bahari, sandstone, Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt
7058341 Statue of Mentuhotep Nebheptre, 11th dynasty, from Deir el Bahari, sandstone, Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt; Egyptian National Museum, Cairo, Egypt; Photo © Stefano Baldini

Parish church (Esglesia Sant Pere d'Or). Exterior. South portal. Arnau Cadell. Romanesque. 14th century
6271557 Parish church (Esglesia Sant Pere d'Or). Exterior. South portal. Arnau Cadell. Romanesque. 14th century.; (add.info.: Creator: Arnau Cadell Esglesia Sant Pere d'Or, Santpedor)

Portrait of Prince Giulio-Claudio
7287252 Portrait of Prince Giulio-Claudio; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Portrait of Prince Giulio-Claudio. Young Caligula before he ascended to the throne in 37 AD)

Relief with theatre Masks for comedies et tragedies
7287245 Relief with theatre Masks for comedies et tragedies; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Relief with theatre Masks for comedies et tragedies)

Moai, stone monuments, landscape, mountains, faces, historical illustration 1885, Easter Island, Chile, South America
7280453 Moai, stone monuments, landscape, mountains, faces, historical illustration 1885, Easter Island, Chile, South America; Private Collection; (add.info.: Moai, stone monuments, landscape)

Eglise Saint-Etienne, Vignory, France. Altarpiece (stone)
7419566 Eglise Saint-Etienne, Vignory, France. Altarpiece (stone); © Paul Maeyaert. All rights reserved 2024

Eglise Saint-Etienne, Vignory, France. Altarpiece, 15th century (polychrome)
7419558 Eglise Saint-Etienne, Vignory, France. Altarpiece, 15th century (polychrome); © Paul Maeyaert. All rights reserved 2024

Anonymous Master, Brabant, A Floating angel, c.1510-1530 (Alabaster)
7332596 Anonymous Master, Brabant, A Floating angel, c.1510-1530 (Alabaster); Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium; (add.info.: Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Oost-Vlaanderen)

Fragment of tympanum with cross and cruciferous lamb (stone)
7292596 Fragment of tympanum with cross and cruciferous lamb (stone); Museo Diocesano, Vicenza, Italy; (add.info.: Fragment of tympanum with cross and cruciferous lamb, 9th century)

Yemenite relief of a woman and a man, seated on dromedaries, meeting at a well
5309754 Yemenite relief of a woman and a man, seated on dromedaries, meeting at a well; Istanbul Archaeological Museum, Turkey; Photo © Stefano Baldini

Yaxchilan lintel of Ritual scene with a plaque of a jaguar governor carrying the feathers of Quetzal
AIS5378762 Yaxchilan lintel of Ritual scene with a plaque of a jaguar governor carrying the feathers of Quetzal, Late Classic or III period, 200-900 AD (limestone bas-relief); Museo Arqueologico

Cross-section of a flour mill powered by a water wheel
5310102 Cross-section of a flour mill powered by a water wheel; (add.info.: Cross-section of a flour mill powered by a water wheel)

An impression of Stonehenge as it would be if restored, 19th century
5311357 An impression of Stonehenge as it would be if restored, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1896); Universal History Archive/UIG

Tree of Jesse, 15th century (alabaster)
DEX5040777 Tree of Jesse, 15th century (alabaster); Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: The tree of Jesse, David's father, rests below, above his descendants)

The Rialto Bridge in Venice (photo)
3507173 The Rialto Bridge in Venice (photo); (add.info.: The Rialto Bridge (Ponte di Rialto), spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. It is the oldest bridge across the canal

The Devil's Arrows
3740636 The Devil's Arrows; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Devil's Arrows, three standing stones or menhirs in an alignment, in Boroughbridge, Yorkshire)

Convicts working, 1884
3479345 Convicts working, 1884; (add.info.: Convicts working in the stone quarries Portland, Dorset. 31st May 1884.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Altar screen of metal, set with bone, shell, precious and semi-precious stones
3079076 Altar screen of metal, set with bone, shell, precious and semi-precious stones; (add.info.: Altar screen of metal, set with bone, shell, precious and semi-precious stones. From Nepal)

Altar screen of metal, set with bone, shell, precious and semi-precious stones
3079074 Altar screen of metal, set with bone, shell, precious and semi-precious stones; (add.info.: Altar screen of metal, set with bone, shell, precious and semi-precious stones. From Nepal)

An example of 10th century German bookbinding with ivory and copper boards decorated with precious stones
3253046 An example of 10th century German bookbinding with ivory and copper boards decorated with precious stones; (add.info)

Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC
3329568 Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC; (add.info.: Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC)

Floors with colourful marble stones from the House of the Epigrams, Regio V, Insula 1, 18
FLO4687149 Floors with colourful marble stones from the House of the Epigrams, Regio V, Insula 1, 18. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhn

The stone: from the quarry to the mason, c.1900-1910 (chromo)
1790230 The stone: from the quarry to the mason, c.1900-1910 (chromo); (add.info.: the stone trade in France, from the quarry to the mason, early 20th century); Photo © CCI

Salisbury Market-Cross (engraving)
8636382 Salisbury Market-Cross (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Salisbury Market-Cross)

Glendower's Cross, Merioneth (engraving)
8636380 Glendower's Cross, Merioneth (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Glendower's Cross, Merioneth)

Black Friars Preaching-Cross, Hereford (engraving)
8636376 Black Friars Preaching-Cross, Hereford (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Black Friars Preaching-Cross, Hereford)

Lydney Cross, Gloucester (engraving)
8636372 Lydney Cross, Gloucester (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lydney Cross, Gloucester)

Charing Cross, from the Crowle Collection, British Museum (engraving)
8636363 Charing Cross, from the Crowle Collection, British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charing Cross, from the Crowle Collection)

Leighton-Buzzard Cross, Bedfordshire (engraving)
8636352 Leighton-Buzzard Cross, Bedfordshire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leighton-Buzzard Cross, Bedfordshire)

Bromboro Cross (engraving)
8636345 Bromboro Cross (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bromboro Cross. Illustration for Ancient Stone Crosses of England by Alfred Rimmer (Virtue)

Shepton-Mallet Cross (engraving)
8636338 Shepton-Mallet Cross (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shepton-Mallet Cross)

Glastonbury New Cross (engraving)
8636335 Glastonbury New Cross (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Glastonbury New Cross)

Dindar Cross (engraving)
8636329 Dindar Cross (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dindar Cross. Illustration for Ancient Stone Crosses of England by Alfred Rimmer (Virtue, Spalding)

Page from The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book (colour litho)
8630684 Page from The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book (colour litho) by Foster, William (1852-1924); Private Collection; (add.info)

Page from The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book (colour litho)
8630763 Page from The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book (colour litho) by Foster, William (1852-1924); Private Collection; (add.info)

Inverness, Culloden, The "Cumberland" Stone (litho)
8633522 Inverness, Culloden, The "Cumberland" Stone (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Inverness, Culloden, The "Cumberland" Stone)

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"Uncovering the Mysteries of Stones: From Felpham Beach to Avebury" Exploring the rugged beauty of Felpham Beach, near Bognor Regis, West Sussex, where stones tell tales of ancient shores and timeless tides. Stepping into history at Dovedale's enchanting stepping stones in Derbyshire, England – a path that connects us with nature's wonders. Witnessing the breathtaking sunrise over Stanage Edge millstones in Peak District National Park, Derbyshire – a reminder of man's ingenuity amidst nature's grandeur. Delving into the intricate details of the Rosetta Stone at British Museum, London – an artifact that unlocked countless stories from civilizations past. Royal crowns and scepter gleaming with regal elegance - symbols carved in stone reminding us of centuries-old traditions and monarchies' enduring power. Mastering the artistry of Dry Stone Walling – a craft passed down through generations, showcasing strength and resilience etched in every stone. Journeying back to Polkanuggo Quarry in Stithians, Cornwall (1903-1904) – witnessing laborers shaping rocks that would build foundations for future generations. Climbing up Christmas Steps in Bristol - each worn stone step whispering secrets from centuries ago as modern life bustles by above them. Glimpses into the playful world of snow leopard cubs - their paws dancing on stones as they navigate their snowy habitat with grace and agility. Reconstructing ancient mysteries at Avebury's Stone Circles in Wiltshire - standing amongst towering monoliths that hold echoes from our distant ancestors' rituals and beliefs Exploring Haltwhistle Milecastle along Hadrian's Wall - where weathered stones guard remnants of Roman history against time’s relentless march