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==Notable reliefs== Notable examples of monumental reliefs include: * Ancient Egypt: Most [[Egyptian temple]]s, e.g. the [[Temple of Karnak]] * Assyria: A famous collection is in the [[British Museum]], [[Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III]] * [[Ancient Persia]]: [[Persepolis]], and rock-face reliefs at [[Naqsh-e Rustam]] and [[Naqsh-e Rajab]] * Ancient Greece: The [[Parthenon Marbles]], [[Bassae Frieze]], [[Great Altar of Pergamon]], [[Ludovisi Throne]] * [[Mesopotamia]]: [[Ishtar Gate]] of [[Babylon]] * Ancient Rome: [[Ara Pacis]], [[Trajan's Column]], [[Column of Marcus Aurelius]], [[triumphal arch]]es, [[Portonaccio sarcophagus]] * Medieval Europe: Many cathedrals and other churches, such as [[Chartres Cathedral]] and [[Bourges Cathedral]] * India: [[Sanchi]], base of the [[Lion Capital of Asoka]], the rock-cut [[Elephanta Caves]] and [[Ellora Caves]], [[Khajuraho Group of Monuments|Khajuraho temples]], [[Mahabalipuram]] with the ''[[Descent of the Ganges (Mahabalipuram)|Descent of the Ganges]]'', and many South Indian temples, Unakoti group of sculptures (bas-relief) at Kailashahar, Unakoti District, Tripura, India * South-East Asia: [[Borobodur]] in [[Java]], [[Angkor Wat]] in Cambodia, * Glyphs, [[Mayan stelae]] and other reliefs of the [[Maya art|Maya]] and [[Aztec]] civilizations * United States: [[Stone Mountain]], [[Robert Gould Shaw]] Memorial, Boston, [[Mount Rushmore National Memorial]] * UK: Base panels of [[Nelson's Column]], [[Frieze of Parnassus]] Smaller-scale reliefs: * Ivory: [[Nimrud ivories]] from much of the Near East, [[Late Antique]] [[Consular diptych]]s, the Byzantine [[Harbaville Triptych]] and [[Veroli Casket]], the [[Anglo-Saxon art|Anglo-Saxon]] [[Franks Casket]], [[Cloisters Cross]]. * Silver: [[Warren Cup]], [[Gundestrup cauldron]], [[Mildenhall Treasure]], [[Berthouville Treasure]], [[Missorium of Theodosius I]], [[Lomellini Ewer and Basin]]. * Gold: [[Berlin Gold Hat]], [[Bimaran casket]], [[Panagyurishte Treasure]] * Glass: [[Portland Vase]], [[Lycurgus Cup]]
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