Monks' cells cut into the hillside rock among the Udayagiri and Khandagiri caves dating back to over 100 years BCE sculpted as religious retreats for Jain devotees, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, Asia

Low relief, Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes, Costa Brava, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

The Lycian site of Xanthos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Antalya Province, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

The Lycian site of Xanthos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Antalya Province, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Portugal, Lisbon, Sculpted High Relief On The Baroque Church La Estrella Facade

Portugal, Lisbon, Sculpted High Relief On The Baroque Church La Estrella Facade

A bas relief frieze of Buddha over a small gate through the city wall of the Fenghuang Ancient Town, China.

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 detail of water buffalo hieroglyphs at Saqqara, village of ancient, Egyptian burial grounds, Saqqara, Egypt