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Château de Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher, France. The château belongs to the Hurault de Vibraye family and has been home to the same family for over six centuries. It was made even more famous by the cartoonist Hergé who was inspired by it to make...

Château de Sully-sur-Loire situated in the commune of Sully-sur-Loire, Loiret, France. From 1395 to the present day, the history of the Château de Sully has been an eventful one, and its architecture has undergone many changes over the centuries...

Numit Kappa, a classical Meitei language text of ancient Kangleipak (early Manipur), written in archaic Meetei script, illustration from page 128 of The Meitheis by T. C. Hodson, London, 1908.

Qur'an Manuscript, ink, gold, and lapis on paper, with leather binding, India, Kashmir, late 18th–early 19th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The Jabal al-Ahmar Necropolis in Hegra (Mada'in Salih) in modern-day Saudi Arabia is one of the four necropolis areas to have survived. It contains 18 tombs, some of which were recently uncovered. The remains of a 2,000-year-old Nabatean...

A sketch of Crazy Horse (Tasunke Witko, l. c. 1840-1877), the Oglala Lakota Sioux warrior and hero. Crazy Horse refused to be photographed – there are no known photos of him – but this sketch is supposed to bear a close resemblance to him.

Crazy Horse Sculpture by Polish-American artist Korczak Ziółkowski (l. 1908-1982), the model for his large-scale Crazy Horse Memorial in the Black Hills.

The Crazy Horse Memorial, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA. Begun in 1948 by Polish-American artist Korczak Ziolkowski and continued by his family, the work is still in progress.

A monument honoring the death site of Crazy Horse (l. c. 1840-1877), Fort Robinson, Nebraska, USA.

Château de Chenonceau, Indre-et-Loire, France. The château was built from the 12th to the 16th century.