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This is a rubbing of a scene found in the Wu family shrines which depicts King Wen, founder of the Zhou Dynasty, lasting from 1046 to 256 BCE. Currently, it is a part of the Cyrus Tang Hall of China exhibition at the Field Museum in Chicago...

A granite statue of the ancient Egyptian goddess Sekhmet which dates to the Third Intermediate Period, 1069 to 656 BCE. On display in the Ancient Egypt exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

This is a single-loop-handled pot from the Gansu Province of China; it dates back to the Majiayao Period, circa 3400 to 2000 BCE. Cyrus Tang Hall of China exhibit in the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

The five-storey pagoda of the To-ji temple, Kyoto (Heiankyo), Japan. Originally built in 826 CE, it was last restored in 1644 CE.

The Golden Pavilion, Kinkaku-ji temple, Kyoto, Japan. The top two stories are gilded with gold leaf both outside and inside. Founded in 1397 CE, the Buddhist temple was destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1955 CE.

Egyptian bronze sistrum. Late Period, 664-332 BCE. Thebes, Egypt. From The British Museum, (photo taken at The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia) This sistrum is decorated with incised scenes, including the goddess Hathor with bovine...

Ostracon depicting an Egyptian dancer, found at Deir el-Medina. New Kingdom of Egypt, 19th or 20th Dynasties, (c. 1200 BCE). Egyptian Museum, Turin.

18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III (c. 1390-1352 BCE) Bronze or copper alloy, faience, glass, agate, carnelian, lapis lazuli, turquoise Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Japanese scroll depicting the Buddhist bodhisattva Hachiman, also the Shinto god of war and culture.

King Arthur's sword Excalibur from the 1981 Film 'Excalibur'. (London Film Museum)