Gallery of header images
Did you wonder where the randomly rotating images at the top of each page of the website were taken? Here’s the answer!
Egypt (Wadi Abu Subeira, Aswan): lithic from the Old Stone Age
Visiting the Bibemus sandstone quarries in Aix-en-Provence
Switzerland (Basel): marble sculpture at the Wolfsgottesacker cemetery
Switzerland (Vicosoprano): ruin of the old church of Gaudenzio
Egypt (Gharb Aswan): On camel back to St. Simeon’s monastery
Egypt (Eastern Desert, Badia): looking towards the Qattar mountains
Egypt (Qubbet el-Hawa): looking across old iron mine
Jordan (Petra): weathering red sandstone temple facade
Norway, Almlia (central part): spoil heap in old slate quarry
Mexico (La Venta archaeological park, Villahermosa): Olmec sculpture
Jordan (Petra): old sandstone quarry
Norway, Selje (west coast): ruined stone hut
Norway, Hisaasen (south coast): overgrown soapstone vessel quarry
Mexico (Palenque): Mayan relief
Extraction of chert by fire setting in the Melsvik mesolithic quarries in Northern Norway
Egypt (Gharb Aswan): old geometric rock art
All photos by Per Storemyr