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Cursive writing on papyrus. Charta Boriana.
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
A book from the 1600s - in latin.
Illuminated antiquities and historical ruins at night - Ephesus Ancient City - İzmir / Turkey
Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia
11th century copy of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle located in the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom in London, UK.
old roman text scribed and carved tablet found at an eleventh centurey building site
Latin inscription carved on a stone wall, classic style
Hand lettered vellum from a 1490 edition of the Book of Hours.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada - August 02, 2023: The Redpath Museum is located on the campus of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The museum has displays on various cultural, biological, archaeological, geological etc. themes. The museum is free for students at McGill and a small fee applies for others.
Ancient writing on a piece of paper
Ancient greek script
The Ancient Phœnician manuscript. The most first Alphabet in The World, The Middle East, c.1500–1200 B.C. || A sample of the Semitic text of the First Day of Creation (The Book of Genesis 1:1-5), the consonantal proto-writing [from right to left]: «In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness upon the face of the deep. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light…». — Real Ancient papyrus with applied the Ancient Phœnician Letters, sheet of parchment, Ragged scroll, handmade paper, textured canvas.
St. Nicholas Church, located in the Demre district of Antalya, is a historic church. It's a significant pilgrimage site associated with Saint Nicholas, widely known as Santa Claus
in a monastery library with books, collection and archive of old books and literature
One of the longest and most elaborate surviving graffiti texts from the town, and may be the only known love poem from one woman to another from the Latin world.\nScratched into the wall of the hallway of house six (b) of insula nine, in region nine of the town\n\nPOEM : O utinam liceat collo complexa tenere\u2028braciola et teneris oscula ferre label(l)is\u2028i nunc, ventis tua gaudia, pupula, crede\u2028crede mihi levis est natura virorum\u2028saepe ego cu(m) media vigilare(m) perdita nocte\u2028haec mecum medita(n)s: multos Fortuna quos supstulit alte,\u2028hos modo proiectos subito praecipitesque premit.\u2028sic Venus ut subito coiunxit corpora amantum\u2028dividit lux et se...\nTranslation : Oh, if only I could hold your little arms wrapped around my neck\u2028and press kisses to your tender little lips.\u2028Go then, little doll, trust your happiness to the winds.\u2028Believe me, the nature of men[c] is fickle.\u2028Often I would lie awake, lost in the middle of the night,\u2028Thinking to myself: many whom Fortune has lifted up high,\u2028those, suddenly hurled away/abandoned and falling headlong, she then oppresses.\u2028So too, after Venus has unexpectedly joined the bodies of lovers,\u2028daylight divides them and...\nPhoto composition
ancient books lined up on a shelf
Ancient statues on the antique text. Ancient Greek and Roman, empire of Alexander, Roman Empire background. Background on the theme of ancient culture, archeology and history.
Greek letters carved on a stone on tablet at Miletus.
Hebrew Bible. Exploring sacred jewish heritage scriptures. Revered texts in macro. Holy pages, old religious Torah book. High quality
Pages from a several century old book that was hand written with expressive lettering.
Background shot of a section of old English text
Old books with vintage bindings from the 1800s
The Church of Sergius and Bacchus also known as Abu Serga is one of the oldest Coptic churches in Egypt.
Vintage paper with Arabic script writing
Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran Caves Scrolls, manuscripts found in the Qumran Caves near the Dead Sea in Israel
Text carved in sandstone 17th century Germany 1704
Ancient Islamic love poetry is shown at a centuries-old library in a desert town and Muslim holy place in the Sahara.
Summer vacation in Greece: views and landscapes of Cyclades islands. The island of Kimolos
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