Images

A c. 1909 pastel portrait by Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931) of a Kikuyu man, Kenosua. The Kikuyu people began to occupy central Kenya from the 17th century and remain its largest ethnic group. Kenousa was an assistant and friend of the...

A traditional hut of the Kikuyu people at Bomas, Kenya.

A 1909 painting of a Kikuyu woman by Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931). The Kikuyu began to occupy central Kenya from the 17th century.

Depiction of the Christian Trinity on a stained glass window in the church of St-Etienne du Mont, Paris.

Map of the Mississippian and related cultures in North America, along with important settlements.

Ridges One through Six at the Poverty Point archaeological site, Louisiana, USA.

Aerial view of Mound B at Poverty Point, a Late Archaic Period archaeological site in Louisiana, USA.

Representation of the Germanic god Ullr (Ull), a figure in Norse mythology, with a bow and skis. From an 18th Century Icelandic manuscript. Collection of the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies.

Modern recreation of Thjodhild's church in Qassiarsuk, Greenland, built c. 1000.

Rajaon Ki Baoli, an early 16th Century stepwell located in the Mehrauli Archaeological Park in Delhi, India.