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Wooly Mammoth, as shown at the Royal BC Museum, Victoria, British Columbia.

The Fushimi Inari Shrine near Kyoto (Heiankyo) is the largest and most important shrine dedicated to Inari, the Shinto god of rice and prosperity. It is famous for the large number of red gates (torii) at the site. The shrine was founded...

The Fushimi Inari Shrine near Kyoto (Heiankyo) is the largest and most important shrine dedicated to Inari, the Shinto god of rice and prosperity. It is famous for the large number of red gates (torii) at the site. The shrine was founded...

The Fushimi Inari Shrine near Kyoto (Heiankyo) is the largest and most important shrine dedicated to Inari, the Shinto god of rice and prosperity. It is famous for the large number of red gates (torii) at the site. The shrine was founded...

The Fushimi Inari Shrine near Kyoto (Heiankyo) is the largest and most important shrine dedicated to Inari, the Shinto god of rice and prosperity. It is famous for the large number of red gates (torii) at the site. The shrine was founded...

Tapestry depicting King Arthur. wool warp, wool wefts France or South Lowlands c. 1400-1410 CE Taken at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, on a trip to The Cloisters.

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.