Stela 3, ruler Chaan Muan II hovering over a captive, Mayan Archaeological Site, Bonampak, Chiapas, Mexico, North America

The royal cemetery of Nuri, burial place of King Taharqa, ancient ruler of the Kingdom of Kush, Karima, Sudan, Africa

Prisoner of the victorious Mayan ruler, Room 2, Temple of Murals, Bonampak Archaeological Zone, Chiapas, Mexico, North America

Stucco sculpture, Monster Mouth, The Tomb of Ukit Kan Lek Tok (Mayan Ruler), The Acropolis, Ek Balam, Mayan archaeological site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Colossus of Barletta, Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, Barletta, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Italy

Stucco sculpture, Tomb of Ukit Kan Lek Tok, Mayan Ruler, The Acropolis, Ek Balam, Mayan archaeological site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Stucco sculpture, Tomb of Ukit Kan Lek Tok, Mayan Ruler, The Acropolis, Ek Balam, Mayan archaeological site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

The royal cemetery of Nuri, burial place of King Taharqa, ancient ruler of the Kingdom of Kush, Karima, Sudan, Africa

A camel skull at the royal cemetery of Nuri, burial place of King Taharqa, ancient ruler of the Kingdom of Kush, Karima, Sudan, Africa

The royal cemetery of Nuri, burial place of King Taharqa, ancient ruler of the Kingdom of Kush, Karima, Sudan, Africa

A camel skull at the royal cemetery of Nuri, burial place of King Taharqa, ancient ruler of the Kingdom of Kush, Karima, Sudan, Africa

A camel skull at the royal cemetery of Nuri, burial place of King Taharqa, ancient ruler of the Kingdom of Kush, Karima, Sudan, Africa

Statue of emperor Nerva Marcus Cocceius Nerva was a Roman emperor from 96 to 98.

Close-up of bas-relief of hieroglyphs and mythology on the walls inside the Temple of Isis at Philae Island on the Nile River with golden light, Aswan, Egypt

Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut showing wall painting detailed mural inside Queen Hatshepsut Temple in Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt, Egypt

Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut showing statues of the Pharaoh near Luxor in Egypt, Egypt

The six standing colossal statues honoring Hathor the Goddess of Music and Love and Ramses II's wife, Nefertari in front of the Temple of Hathor at Abu Simbel, Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt

Close-up of two of the Ramses II statues carved out of the mountainside at the front of the Great Sun Temple of Abu Simbel, Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt

The four colossi of Ramesses II at the entrance of the the Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel, Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt

Stone Tomb of Iltutmish in India, Delhi, Punjab, India

Religious wall painting in temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt

Religious wall painting in temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt