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In Humanitarian aid, relief denotes assistance delivered by individuals, organisations, or governments to diminish the suffering of people in distress.

In the art of sculpture, a relief is an artwork where a modelled form projects out of a flat background. Tensed musculature itself may be seen to be in relief. Depending on the depth involved, it may be termed a bas relief ("low relief") – as seen in numismatics – or it may be a high relief, with much undercutting, rendered almost in the round against its flat background.

Reliefs are a common type of artwork found throughout the world, particularly to decorate monumental buildings, such as temples. The frieze in the classical Corinthian order is often enriched with bas-reliefs. High reliefs may been seen in the pediments of classical temples, e.g. the Parthenon. Reliefs can be used for a single scene, or ordered into a narrative.

Famous examples of reliefs include:

• Great Altar of Pergamon, now at the Pergamon Museum, Berlin
• Lions and dragons from the Ishtar Gate, Babylon
• Temple of KarnakKarnak is a village in Egypt that was once part of the ancient capital of Egypt, Thebes. It is situated about 3 km (2 miles) north of Luxor Temple. For many centuries Karnak temple was the main religious centre of Egypt, with each Pharaoh adding to or alt in EgyptJumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah ( In Detail) Official language Arabic Capital Cairo Largest City Cairo President Hosni Mubarak Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif Area Total % water Ranked 29th 1,001,450 km² 0. 6% Population Total (2003) Density Ranked 15th 74,718,797
• Angkor WatAngkor Wat is a temple complex in Angkor, Cambodia and is the work of Suryavarman II ( 1113- 1150 AD). It is the best preserved example of Khmer architecture, lying less than a mile to the south of the royal city. Wat is the Khmer word for temple. A moat in CambodiaThe Kingdom of Cambodia (Kampuchea, Khmer ) is a country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered in the south by the Gulf of Thailand, in the west by Thailand, Laos in the north, and Vietnam in the east. The majority of Cambodians are the Khmer people. Cambodia
• Lion Capital of AsokaThe Lion Capital of Ashoka is a sculpture, originally atop the Ashoka pillar at Sarnath, of four lions standing back to back. The pillar (sometimes called the Ashoka Column) is still in its original location, but the Lion capital is now in the Sarnath Mus, the national symbol of IndiaThe Republic of India is a large multicultural country in South Asia, with a population of over one billion. The Indian economy is the fourth largest in the world, in terms of purchasing power parity, and is the world's second-fastest growing economy..
• glyphA glyph is a carved figure or character, incised or in relief; a carved pictograph; hence, a pictograph representing a form originally adopted for sculpture, whether carved or painted. Augustan English scholars of the early 18th century, imitating Frenchs and artwork of the Maya civilizationThis article is about the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. See Maya people for a discussion of the modern Maya. The Maya are a people of southern Mexico and northern Central America with some 3,000 years of rich history. The Maya were part of the Mesoamer
• The monument to the Confederacy at Stone Mountain, Georgia
• The representation of Monticello on a US nickel.