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The remains of the stupa that Ajatashatru built. 4th century BCE, Rajgir, Bihar, India

A map showing the extent of the ancient kingdom of Magadha in India from the 6th to 4th century BCE.

Members of Nanuri, a traditional Korean dance group performing with fans. Traditional Korean fans often employed the fine quality Korean paper hanji, still made today.

An example of Korean calligraphy by one of the nation's most renowned calligraphers Han Ho (penname Han Seok-bong) titled "Jeungryu yeojang seochep" (1543~1605). Very often the finest calligraphy was done on hanji, the traditional...

Traditional door and windows of a Korean hanok house using hanji paper. Andong City, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

Athenian Tribute List Annus 15, 440 BCE

A modern re-enactment of a traditional Korean wedding. Such richly embroidered clothes could only be worn by women of the royal or ‘sacred bone’ (seonggol) class in the Korean bone rank system used in the Silla period...

Ceramic traditional roof tiles from Korea. Not only did tiles have a functional and decorative role but they were also indicators of the inhabitants higher social status. (Hwangjeon-ri, Masan-myeon, Gurye-gun, Jeollanam-do...

These clay tablets (letters) were found in the ruins of Akhenaten's capital, Tell el-Amarna, Egypt. They were inscribed with Babylonian cuneiform inscriptions, not hieroglyphs. The letters represent the diplomatic correspondence...

This pottery jar was handmade and painted. It is carinated and stemmed with four equidistant vertically perforated lugs on the carination. Ninevite 5 Period, 3000-2750 BCE. From Nineveh, Northern Mesopotamia, Iraq...