Hawaiian hand weapon made from wood and shark teeth, circa 1778 [2100x1569]

Fanjingshan Temple is one of the most remote Buddhist temples in China [1080 x 1350]

Officer's dress sword with ornate handle and mother-of-pearl inlaid scabbard. The blade is too rusted to pull out. Japan, Heian period, 12th century AD [2000x2220]

A box-bed (also known as a closed bed or close bed) is a traditional furnishing found in Brittany (France) and western Britain. In homes with usually only one room, the box-bed allowed some privacy and helped keep people warm during winter. Some of them were built in double-decker form. [1462x2340]

Nubia Pyramids of Meroe, Sudan. 300 B. C. [5055x3370].

Superimposed Matchlock Gun of Tipu Sultan | 1794 AD | Looted by the British after Seige of Srirangapatna (2000x3000)

Columns on the walls of the Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, 1248. A Gothic temple originally conceived as a giant reliquary to hold the Holly Crown of Thorns that Louis IX bought from the Emperor of Constantinople. Built in 6 years, it cost a quarter of what was paid fro the Crown itself. [1920x1080]

Ancient Roman statue, 'The Dying Gaul', c. 230 BC. [737 x 600]

Archaeological workers excavating plaster casts of victims of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in Pompeii, Italy, May 1, 1961 [815x731]

Mask of obsidian and jade representing the God Tlaloc. Epiclassic period (600-900 CE), now housed at the Cacaxtla Museum in Mexico [2083x2655]