Images

A terracotta haniwa (tomb marker) in the form of a monkey. 6th century CE, Kofun/Asuka Period. From Dainichizuka Tumulus, Okinosu, Namegata-shi, Ibaraki, Japan. 'Important Cultural Property'. (Tokyo National Museum)

A terracotta haniwa (tomb marker) in the form of a house. Saitobaru Burial Mounds, Saito-shi, Miyazaki, Japan. Kofun/Asuka Period, 5th century CE, Japan. Imperial Cultural Property. (Tokyo National Museum)

A terracotta haniwa (tomb-marker) in the form of a horse. Asuka Period, 6th century CE, Japan. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

A terracotta roof tile with lotus design. Japan, Asuka Period, 538-710 CE. From the ruins of Minamishigahaiji, Otsu-shi, Shiga. (Tokyo National Museum)

The entrance to Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys monastery, founded by the Romano-British monk Gildas in the 6th century CE. Morbihan, France.

A modern statue of Gildas (c. 500-570 CE), the Romano-British monk and author. (Morbihan, France)

The Chumon or central gate and five-storey pagoda of the Buddhist temple Horyuji, Nara, Japan. It is the most important Buddhist temple in Japan and was first built in 607 CE by Prince Shotoku during the Asuka Period. The temple was destroyed...

Remains of Roman baths at the Oppidum Saint Vincent (Gaujac, Gard, France), built between 20-25 CE.

The Nîmes aqueduct, built to carry water from Uzès to Nîmes in France in the first century CE. It contains the spectacular Pont du Gard.

The front of the Pantheon in Rome, dated to the first part of emperor Hadrian’s reign, probably between 117-126-8 CE. Hadrian copied the inscription present on an earlier building that used to stand on the same spot, built around 25 BCE by...