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A large Viking rune stone engraved with a decorative snake stands watch just outside Foteviken Viking village.

The Hacon Stone runestone in Birka and Hovgarden in Stockholm, Sweden

$SHRINE OF VENUS CLOACINA\n\nThe circular base is placed above a tuff structure set into the ground, located where the Cloaca Maxima enters the Forum. This is the shrine dedicated to Venus Cloacina, containing two statues with the symbols of Venus. According to tradition the young Virginia was murdered here by her brother to prevent her falling into the hands of the decem- vir Appius Claudius. The shrine was also used for the ritual purifica- tions of the Roman$

The Beltany stone circle is a megalithic monument located near Raphoe in County Donegal, Ireland. It is one of the largest stone circles in Ireland, consisting of 64 stones surrounding a raised platform. The circle dates back to the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age, making it over 3,000 years old.

An old sundial made of a large stone with a metal rod, the clock will start at 4 PM.

An erratic boulder on Twistleton Scar in the Yorkshire dales in spring

The ancient stone mill fragment. vintage wheat grain grinder, close-up. Farming and agriculture concept

Panama, Nancitos, rock carvings representing abstract symbols, animals and people

Ground granite rock with two groups of concentric circles, Pena de Chaos petroglyphs decoration and ancestral art , Antas de Ulla, Lugo province, Galicia, Spain, set in early Bronze Age. Petroglyphs are of public free access.

The supposed Merlino's grave in Paimpont forest, Normandy, France

Old tombstone from 1692 of a man that was hung during witch hunt in Salem

Neolithic burial cairn alongside River Wharfe in Yorkshire Dales

Kilmartin Glen, Cairnbaan rock art, viewed from a low level overheadaerial drone position, in Argyll & Bute, on the west coast of Scotland, close to the coastal town of Lochgilphead. The mysterious carvings in the rocks are located in remote locations throughout the glen.

Large stones and green grass, moss, lichen

Unfinished gritstone millstone laying abandoned in a Derbyshire quarry

Glacial erratic boulders on Twistleton Scar. Yorkshire Dales National Park with Ingleborough in the background.

$The Kummelby rune stone made in the Viking age and found in 1953 by a farmer in his cropland. The stone now stands outside the Kummelby church in the north of Stockholm, Sweden about 45 meters from the place it was found. The rune text says \$

Green stone in Hattusa was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age. Its ruins lie near modern Bogazkale. Corum, Turkey.

$The Ten Commandment Stones\nBuckland in the Moor\nDevon$

Part of the abandoned Penteli marble quarry in Attika, Greece. Penteli is a mountain, 18 km north of Athens, from which stone was supplied for the construction of the Parthenon.

King Harald the Bluetooth runic stone c. 965 AD aa Denmarkaas abirth certificateaAThe Jelling monuments were registered on the World Heritage List because of the unique historical importance of the site.At Jelling you meet the 10th century Viking King, Gorm den Gamle (Gorm the Old) who died in 959 and Queen Thyra as well as their son Harald BlAYtand (Harald Bluetooth) who died in around year 987.The burial mounds, the runic stones and the church are markable example of Nordic pagan culture and illustrate an important role in the history of the area, a unique complex of religious and political manifestations and early Christianity in Scandinavia in the 10th century.The monuments consist of the two runic stones, the medieval church and the two burial mounds.The monuments reflect the transition from paganism to Christianity, and are referred to as Denmarkaas birth certificate, as one of the runic stones carries the oldest inscription referring to Denmark the country and its people athe DanesaA.

This photo was shot on a public park of Dusseldorf, Germany in early February, 2024 and depicts a Granit boulder put there as decoration.

Large stone on a granite plate with little pond and green grass

The cemetery of the 366 pits designed in 1762 by architect Ferdinando Fuga The number 366 comes from the fact that each pit was used to house the dead of that day (365 + the leap day) .

Limestone pavements at the top of Malham Cove, Yorkshire Dales, England

Boundary stone of the St. George's Monastery in Veliky Novgorod, Russia

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