Results
31 results found

Inca Stone wall made from huge granite blocks fitted skillfully together using no cement, a fine example of Inca craftsmanship, Cuzco, Peru, South America

Qusayr Amra, Umayyad bath complex, Jordan, Middle EastBuilt in the desert by Caliph Walid I, 700-715, contains well preserved period frescos

Djinn Blocks, dating from between 50 BC and 50 AD, Petra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jordan, Middle East

Djinn Blocks, dating from between 50 BC and 50 AD, Petra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jordan, Middle East

Djinn Blocks, dating from between 50 BC and 50 AD, Petra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jordan, Middle East

Djinn Blocks, Bab as-Siq (Entrance to the Siq), Petra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jordan, Middle East

House under construction, village of Um-Sayhoun where most Bedouins working at Petra now live, Um-Sayhoun, Jordan, Middle East

The town square and fountain in Mindo, a visitor centre for the Cloud Forest, Ecuador, South America

Powered Paraglider, Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), Giza Pyramid Complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Giza, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Rock breakwater to protect the Paseo Nuevo, San Sebastian, Bay of Biscay, province of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, 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

Djinn Blocks, Bab as-Siq (Entrance to the Siq), Petra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jordan, Middle East

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

The Great Stelae, 22m, believed to be the largest single stone block humans have tried to erect, Northern Stelae Park, Aksum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ethiopia, Africa

Stone street with raised blocks, city street with stepping stones allowing vehicles and pedestrians to cross the street, Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campania, Italy, Europe

The Great Stelae, 22m, believed to be the largest single stone block humans have tried to erect, Northern Stelae Park, Aksum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ethiopia, Africa

Workers maintaining stonework Eagles and Jaguars platform, Mayan ruins, Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

The Great Stelae, 22m, believed to be the largest single stone block humans have tried to erect, Northern Stelae Park, Aksum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ethiopia, Africa

The Great Stelae, 22m, believed to be the largest single stone block humans have tried to erect, Northern Stelae Park, Aksum, Ethiopia, Africa

The North Postern gate, 1250 B.C., made from four monolithic blocks of "Almond Stone" in the typical form of two upright jams, a lintel over the top and threshold, Mycenae UNESCO World Heritage Archaeological Site, Peloponnese, Greece, Europe

Memorial Guenter Litfin for the first person shot dead at the Berlin Wall, Kieler Strasse street at the Berlin-Spandau Schifffahrtskanal channel, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Memorial Guenter Litfin for the first person shot dead at the Berlin Wall, Kieler Strasse street at the Berlin-Spandau Schifffahrtskanal channel, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Piece of art "Himmelstreppe" or Stairway to Heaven by the artist Herman Prigann on the top of the Halde Rheinelbe heap, sculpture made of concrete blocks, Ueckendorf district, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Two Jain pilgrims are pouring water over a small statue at the feet of the statue of Lord Gomateshwara, the tallest monolithic statue in the world, dedicated to Lord Bahubali, carved out of a single block of granite stone, 18 meters high, 983 AD, Sravanab

Statue of Lord Gomateshwara, the tallest monolithic statue in the world, dedicated to Lord Bahubali, carved out of a single block of granite stone, 18 meters high, 983 AD, Sravanabelagola, Karnataka, India, Asia

A Jain pilgrim is praying at the feet of the statue of Lord Gomateshwara, the tallest monolithic statue in the world, dedicated to Lord Bahubali, carved out of a single block of granite stone, 18 meters high, 983 AD, Sravanabelagola, Karnataka, India, Asi

Tufa Fairy Chimneys with basalt blocks placed on top, rock formations at Cavushin, Goreme, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey

Two Jain pilgrims are pouring water over a small statue at the feet of the statue of Lord Gomateshwara, the tallest monolithic statue in the world, dedicated to Lord Bahubali, carved out of a single block of granite stone, 18 meters high, 983 AD, Sravanab

Tufa Fairy Chimneys with basalt blocks placed on top, rock formations at Cavushin, Goreme, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey

Coral reef, reef block overgrown with Klunzinger's Soft Corals (Dendronephthya klunzingeri) and various stone corals (Hexacorallia), swarm Anthias (Anthiinae), Red Sea, Egypt, Africa

Glacier lake on Ngozumpa glacier with Arakamtse (6423) and Cholatse (6335), Khumbu Himal, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

Grave slabs leaning against a dry wall made of erratic blocks, in the old village cemetery, old village church from the 15th Century in the back, Hohenkirchen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Stolpersteine, stumbling blocks as memorial plaques to commemorate Jewish victims of Nazism in Berlin, Sopienstrasse, Spandauer Vorstadt, Mitte, Berlin, Germany, Europe

The Cribstone Bridge between Orr's and Bailey Island in Harpswell, Maine was first open to traffic in September 1928. It was built from stacked granite blocks and is still in use today.

Ruins of the Main Sanctuary, as seen from West of Gopura I, Preah Vihear Temple, Preah Vihear, Cambodia

Ruins of the Main Sanctuary, as seen from the East Gallery of Gopura I, Preah Vihear Temple, Preah Vihear, Cambodia

Temple courtyard littered with fallen stone blocks, Preah Khan, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia

Mexico, Oaxaca, Monte Alban, Archaeological site Los Danzantes Gallery Relief carved stone blocks depicting dancers.

Ankor Wat, a 12th century historic Khmer temple and UNESCO world heritage site. Arches and carved stone blocks, fallen masonry and structures being overgrown by the jungle, Angkor Wat, Cambodia