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Megalithic funerary statue at site referred to as El Purutal near San Agustín, Huila Department, Colombia. Created c. 1st to 10th century CE.

Megalithic funerary statue at Mesita B near San Agustín, Huila Department, Colombia. Created c. 1st to 10th century CE.

Megalithic funerary statues at Mesita B near San Agustín, Huila Department, Colombia. Created c. 1st to 10th century CE.

The Lady and the Unicorn are six tapestries depicting a medieval lady in various poses. Each scene depicts one of the five senses; the sixth scene is labelled À Mon Seul Désir ("to my only desire") whose meaning is unclear. Historians attribute...

The bell tower and cherry blossoms of the Buddhist temple site of Ninna-ji, Kyoto, Japan. The temple was founded in 888 CE.

The Sanmon Gate of Ninna-ji, Kyoto, Japan. The gate, rebuilt in the 1630s CE, is one of the largest surviving examples in Japan.

The Main Hll or Kondo of the Buddhist temple site of Ninna-ji just outside Kyoto, Japan. The temple was founded in 888 CE.

A 19th century CE illustration of an archer practising the Japanese martial art of kyudo. (Library of Congress)

Tomb wall-painting of scribes: a fragmentary tomb-painting on plaster. The painting comes from the walls of an unknown Theban tomb, similar in style to, though not identical with, the mid-18th Dynasty tomb of Nebamen.

Close-up of the Bakhtan Stela showing hieroglyphic writing. 21st Dynasty of Egypt, c. 1073-1064 BCE.