Old World

<n>Eugène Atget</n>'s 1903 photograph of the <n>Cabaret de L'Enfer</n> in Paris.

A shepherd inside the <n>Orcus</n> sculpture at the <n>Sacro Bosco</n> in Bomarzo, Italy. Photo by <n>Herbert List</n>, 1952.

<n>Hausa wall decoration</n> in Nigeria, photographed by <n>Paul Julien</n> in the 1950s.

The <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n>, photographed by <n>Adelphoi Zangaki</n> in 1880.

The 1964-1968 relocation of the <n>Abu Simbel temples</n> in Egypt, a project led by <n>UNESCO</n>. Photo by <n>AFP</n>.

A detail of <n>The Green Man</n>, a <n>Gothic</n> stone sculpture from the 1200s at <n>Bamberg Cathedral</n> in Germany.

<n>schizoïde</n>, a sculpture by artist <n>Christ Candaele</n> in Evergem, Belgium.

Farmers work in the fields before the <n>Great Buddha of Bamiyan</n> in Afghanistan, 1992.

A collection of <n>Dogu</n> clay figurines from the <n>Jomon period</n> in Japan.

Traditional attire of a woman from the <n>Koga</n> people in Ali, Tibet, featuring a jeweled headdress.

The <n>Tomb of Cyrus the Great</n> in Pasargadae, Iran, final resting place of <n>Cyrus the Great</n>.

Bronze <n>Head of an Akkadian Ruler</n>, thought to depict King <n>Sargon of Akkad</n>. 23rd century BC.

From the series <n>Joint Photographic Survey</n> (2014) by artist <n>Adam Ryder</n>.

An excavated <n>Moai statue</n> on Easter Island, part of the <n>Easter Island Statue Project</n>.

A sculpture by <n>Igor Mitoraj</n> on display at the <n>Valley of the Temples</n> in Agrigento, Sicily, 2011.

The <n>Temple Car of Srivilliputhur Andal Temple</n> in Tamil Nadu, India, 1868. Photo by <n>Edmund David Lyon</n>.

<n>Victor Place</n> and photographer <n>Gabriel Tranchand</n> with a <n>Lamassu</n> during excavations in <n>Khorsabad</n>, Iraq, 1852.

A digitally manipulated photograph from the <n>Joint Photographic Survey</n> series by artist <n>Adam Ryder</n>.

The <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n>, c. 1880. Photo by the <n>Zangaki Brothers</n>.

The sculpture <n>Bright sunny morning</n> by artist <n>Andy Goldsworthy</n>.

<n>Castle of the Eye</n> (1973), a marble sculpture by <n>Minoru Niizuma</n>.

<n>Colossi and Sphinx at Wadi es-Sebua</n>, Nubia, circa 1857. Photo by <n>Francis Frith</n>.

<n>The Gate of Xerxes</n> at <n>Persepolis</n>, photographed by <n>Antoin Sevruguin</n> c. 1890s.

The <n>Goblet of Venus</n> rock formation in Utah. Photograph by <n>Zeke Johnson</n>, 1958.

A tourist copies hieroglyphs at the <n>Karnak Temple Complex</n> in Egypt, 1927.

The 75-million-year-old <n>Hin Sam Wan</n> rock formation, also known as Three Whale Rock, in Bueng Kan, Thailand.

The <n>Tuğrul Tower</n>, a 12th-century <n>Seljuk</n> mausoleum for <n>Tuğrul Bey</n> in Rey, Iran, pictured in the 1860s.