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A modern statue of the Japanese poet Otomo no Yakamochi, compiler of the 8th century CE Manyoshu, an anthology of Japanese poems. Takaoka Station, Takaoka, Toyama.

Egyptian 'Voodoo Doll', Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden.

Ani's soul is acquitted after the Negative Confession.

The Papyrus of Ani, a text of The Egyptian Book of the Dead, was prepared for the priest Ani of Thebes (c. 1250 BCE) and included among the grave goods of his tomb. It includes a number of chapters from the Book of the Dead.

Detail from a window in Newcastle Cathedral of St Oswald who worked closely with St Aidan of Lindisfarne to evangelize the people of Northumbria. St Oswald was king of Northumbria but was killed in 642 by a pagan king, and so is considered...

Detail from a reredos in St Aidan's church in Bamburgh of the martyr and king of Northumbria, St Oswald.

The ruins of Lindisfarne Priory.

This is a detail of an alabaster statuette in the reredos of Newcastle Cathedral.

Part of a cabinet for storing volumes of the Tale of Genji, the 11th century CE classic novel by Murasaki Shikibu. The scene is from that novel. Maki-e lacquer, Edo period, 17th-18th century CE. (Tokyo National Museum)

A clay dogu figurine. From Kamikurokoma, Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi, Japan. Jomon Period, 3000-2000 BCE. (Tokyo National Museum)