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Ancient Text Stock Video Footage

Licenses 9000 high quality Ancient Text stock video clips in 4K, raw formats

Bible abstracts

Forma Film

Book Macros

Amnesty Films

Martyrs and Executions

Evolve

Animations on pixelated computer screen

Philip Casey

Wood macros

Multiverse

A hand picks the corner of a page up
A monument statue in the woods at midday
A page torn from a book sits on the beach with other debris
Sacred Tibetan Scripture Unveiled: Ancient Wisdom Revealed
Someone is holding a very old book
Wasp nest with swirling structure hanging from branch with dry leaves against black background
A woman wearing white robes stands by pillars
Shadows play over a book
Characters and writing symbols on a board
Open bible laying on a wooden table outdoors
A large scroll with text in a foreign language unrolls from right to left
A book sits open in the dark room
Rotating globe in motion
Silhouette of a performer dancing with vhs video distortion

Martyrs and Executions

Evolve

A surreal black and white cinemagraph shows a cloaked female figure resembling the Grim Reaper holding a scythe and looking at an old stone church
Closeup of moving letters spelling the words or text Artificial Intelligence consisting of neon-green zeros and ones symbolising the technological AI revolution and progress on a flickering digital television screen with pixels
A person is pointing at words on a page
Book Macros
Rock with holes against a black background
Monitor attached to a human statue in a dim room
The camera pans down on a piece of ancient artwork
A painting of nature has a flickering light on it
Man wearing a headdress with his thumb pressed to his forehead

Animations on pixelated computer screen

Philip Casey

Wood macros

Multiverse

Ancient wall carvings on a stone wall in Saudi Arabia
The pages of an old book turn quickly in the warm, dramatic light against a dark background
Dynamic macro close up of a RGB pixel device screen displaying multiple rotating overlapped hourglass timer icons while the sandglass symbol visualizes the concept of time in a black abstract and digital space
A close up view of bark on a tree
Pages of a book on fire
A softly lit orange lily blooms against a black background its petals glowing in a warm spotlight
A three dimensional image of a skull is spinning against a black background
A person reaches their arm over the old document
A statue in front of a monk temple in the woods at midday
A statue of an angel holding a cross
Sunlight penetrates the darkness of an underwater cave, creating a tranquil and mysterious view from the depths
Blue lights flow across dark surface under interconnected gold bands
Vintage 8mm film footage captures the progression of a solar eclipse with prominent lens flares and film grain
A woman stands at the end of building where the wind blows her dress
A book with the pages turning in the wind with a dark gray background
Texts and carvings on a wall
Wind blows the pages of the book
A person rolls out the page filled with words
An asian woman holds onto her conical hat as she looks out upon a river
An old book is written in a old language
Silhouette of a woman in front of a spotlight on vhs video distortion
The tape recorder is operating
A shaft of light falls across a worn stone floor inside a church illuminating a large engraved slab with latin text while nearby pews cast long cool shadows
A dynamic extreme close-up shot pulls back from the blurred text between the pages of a newspaper
Pages of a book are being placed together
Earth globe spinning in a dark room
A single feather is moving in the darkness
A black and white painting is in a dark area
A cauldron is on the wooden floor and is receiving sunlight while it is smoking and burning something on top of it
Buddhist Silhouette Engaged in Study: Table with Tibetan Scripture
Ancient stone carvings on a rock in Saudi Arabia
A piece of fabric is blowing in the wind
A man puts on his helmet in the rain
Carved characters sit in the large rock
The charred edges of a burning book curl upward as faint text remains visible amid glowing embers
Crater stands near fog covered mountains under a red tinted sky
The sun is reflecting on the river
An ancient manuscript on a page under a beam of sunlight
A man in a robe is reading a book
An abstract waveform of golden light is projected onto the pages of a book as they turn in slow motion

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