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Beecher Island Monument
Monument erected in 1905 to commemorate the Battle of Beecher Island of 1868 known to the Cheyenne as "The Fight Where Roman Nose Was Killed." The image is incorrectly dated to 1899. A wooden monument was erected at the...
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Prehistoric Monument Stonehenge, c. 3000-1600 BCE - Ceremonial Landscape on Salisbury Plain
Stonehenge, located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, is one of the most important monumental complexes of prehistoric northwestern Europe. Constructed in multiple...
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Alp Arslan Monument, Ashgabat
A photo of the monument to Alp Arslan, part of the Independence Monument in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Alp Arslan was the Sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1063 - 1072 CE.
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Olduvai Gorge Monument
The Olduvai Gorge monument in Tanzania consists of large-scale sculpted models of Paranthropus boisei and Homo habilis resting on a stone platform. The monument welcomes visitors as they reach the road leading to the gorge...
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Dion Monument of the Shields, Greece
The Monument of the Shields in Dion (Greece) is a monument alternating panels of shields and breastplates. These panels come from a frieze originally carved in the 4th century BCE for an unknown monumental Hellenistic...
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Iroquois Monument Maisonneuve
The Maisonneuve Monument is a monument of an Iroquois by sculptor Louis-Philippe Hébert built in 1895 in Place d'Armes in Montreal.
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Demolition of the Monument to Alexander III in Moscow
Photograph of the demolition of the monument to Alexander III in Moscow, July 1918. As Tsarist Russia fell in 1917, so did the monuments of its monarchs. The colossal bronze statue to Alexander III...
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Stone Monument of Esarhaddon
Irregular rectangular-sided monument recording Esarhaddon's restoration of Babylon; possibly black basalt; carved symbols on the upper surface. Height 8.5 inches. The stone is not local to Mesopotamia. The irregular...
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St. Hilda monument, Whitby
Detail from a monument to St. Hilda (614 - 680 CE) in Whitby, England. The coiled ammonite shells at St. Hilda's feet are a reference to a legend in which she turned snakes which plagued Whitby to stone. This legend helped...
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Martin Luther Monument
A monument of Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546), German theologian and prominent figure of the Protestant Reformation.
Wittenberg, Germany.