ancient ruins

An illustration connecting <n>The Great Pyramid of Giza</n> with the <n>Anunnaki</n> theories of <n>Zecharia Sitchin</n>.

<n>Cimmerian steles</n> from Tyritáke, Crimea, dating to the 6th century BC.

The <n>Venus of Willendorf</n>, a Paleolithic figurine in oolitic limestone from c. 24,000–22,000 BCE.

<n>The Great Sphinx of Giza</n> photographed by <n>Sarite Sanders</n>.

Cypriot <n>Stone votive relief of an eye</n> from the 4th century B.C. at <n>The Metropolitan Museum of Art</n>.

From <n>Vieilles enseignes de Suisse</n> (1963). Courtesy of <n>Roth et Sother Lausanne</n>.

<n>The Kiss (Le Baiser)</n>, a sculpture by <n>Constantin Brâncuși</n>, 1907-1908

The ruined <n>Petrovskoye-Alabino</n> estate, 2022.

<n>Clay female figure</n> from Egypt, c. 3500-3400 BC.

A <n>Jōmon figurine</n> from the 1959 book 'Jomon clay figurines' by <n>Kinokuniya Shoten</n>.

Cover art for the self-titled album by <n>Rumore</n>, released in 2024.

<n>Anthropomorphic stone stelae</n> from <n>Tyritáke</n>, an ancient town of the <n>Bosporan Kingdom</n> in Crimea.

The <n>Mahram Bilqis</n>, or Temple of the Queen of Sheba, in Yemen, dating to the 7th century BC.

<n>L'Héros (The Hero)</n>, a 1913 sculpture by <n>Alexander Archipenko</n>.

The <n>Meidum Pyramid</n> in Egypt, from the 1955 book 'Egypt' by photographer <n>Eugen Kusch</n>.

A rock-cut dwelling in <n>Cappadocia</n>, <n>Turkey</n>. Photo by <n>Marc Riboud</n>.

The Neolithic burial chamber <n>Bryn Celli Ddu</n> on Anglesey, Wales.