Image of God Osiris, Paintings and Relief, Tomb of Nefertari, QV66, Valley of the Queens, Ancient Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

The tiny 18th-century Stavropoleos Church is one of the most beautiful religious monuments in the capital of Romania. Tucked away between taller buildings in Bucharest´s Old Town, the monument was originally part of Stavropoleos Monastery

Hieroglyphics in the interior of the pyramid of Unas, complex of Saqqara, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

View of stone engarvings at Nishikubo Hachiman Shinto Shrine, 5 Chome, Toranomon, Minato City, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan

Base of La Colonne Vendôme, staue of Napoleon, Place Vendôme, Paris, France

La Colonne Vendôme in Place Vendôme, Paris, France

Stone tablets engraved with the laws of Gortyna, Gortyna, south coast, Crete, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

One of many marble slabs containing text and commentary from the Tripitaka, Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

One of the two waterfalls at National September 11 Memorial, World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Names of September 11 2001 victims, National September 11 Memorial, World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Names of September 11 2001 victims, National September 11 Memorial, World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

A big Tibetan Mani Stone with the Mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum" colorfully engraved on a hill above the Indus Valley, Shey, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Tibetan Buddhist mantras engraved in stone, Tongde monastery, Zanskar valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Himalayas, northern India, India, Asia