Sentences with phrase «ancient rock carvings»

Dinwoodies, named after ancient rock carvings in Wyoming, features a series of graphite on mylar drawings which capture the immediate beauty and intrinsic physicality of the human experience.

This ancient town is famous for its ancient rock carving temples.

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Geologically, Cathedral Rock is carved from the Permian Schnebly Hill formation, a redbeds sandstone formed from coastal sand dunes near the shoreline of the ancient Pedregosa Sea.

But in April, Egyptologists John Coleman Darnell and Deborah Darnell, a husband - and - wife team from Yale University, reported finding an ancient bulletin board there, a collection of notes carved in the rock face by travelers over the millennia — including what may be one of the world's oldest historical documents.

Examples of rock art representing various ancient cultures are carved and painted into the stone right next to each other.

There are even petroglyphs carved into rocks by ancient indigenous peoples.

He's overjoyed when he finds a remote mountain palace carved from sheer rock, only accessible by several ancient portals.

Carved from rose - red rocks, the ancient Nabatean city is one of the world's most stupendous archaeological sites.

The river rises near Mont - aux - Sources and flows 2 000 kilometres across the country, traversing major rock formations, carving deep gorges and canyons in old granite and ancient quartzites, defying gravity down waterfalls, and flooding plains used for farming, en route.

Walk among Remarkable Rocks, ancient granite boulders carved by the elements.

You'll also get to walk among the phenomenon that is the Remarkable Rocks — ancient granite carved into massive natural sculptures by the elements.

Explore 4th century tombs carved into the rock, visit the ancient ruins of Caunos or head up river to bathe in the rejuvenating hot springs.

The rock formations are ancient lava flows into which the sea has carved all sorts of interesting shapes, tunnels and caves; providing sheltered nooks and crannies of shade... a perfect setting for a picnic lunch!

In this small valley is a carved stone gateway, ancient disused bathing places (the king's on the left, the queen's on the right), and three meditation niches hewn out of the rock face, with slanting roofs and carvings decorating the wall above.

The visitor will marvel at the diversity - from Georgia's ancient cave cities, Christian monasteries and fortified towns to the rock - carved churches, Hellenistic temple and stunning mountainous landscapes of Armenia.

Museums, palaces, carved granite obelisks, rock - hewn churches and ancient remains; all this combined with spectacular landscapes and much more, is waiting for you in this historic, beautiful and diverse country.

There is also a cave nearby where one can witness ancient aboriginal art carved into the rock walls.

In ancient Sardinian folklore «janas» were pretty, fairy - like creatures who lived in caves carved into the island's rock (known as «domus de janas»).

In Banner Saga, the Godstones are enormous rocks engraved with ancient carvings on their flattened faces.

Sparked by a comment Mikhailov made concerning Dean's films, the two began a visual conversation taking inspiration from ancient stone carvings and «rock art.»

As Paul Moorhouse writes, «Riley was astonished by the art she found in these ancient burial sites carved out of rock and located deep in the earth.