Detail of the <n>Taj Mahal</n> in Agra, India, an example of <n>Mughal architecture</n> commissioned by <n>Shah Jahan</n>.

<n>The Great Sphinx of Giza</n> and <n>Pyramid of Khufu</n>, 1867. Photo by <n>Antonio Beato</n>.

An emblem from <n>Jean Baudoin</n>'s 1638 book, <n>Recveil D'Emblemes Divers</n>.

<n>Archangel Michael</n>, attributed to <n>Jean Fouquet</n>, c. 1452-1460.

An illustration of <n>Saturn</n> from the 1917 book '<n>Our country and its resources</n>' by <n>Albert A. Hopkins</n>.

A <n>Porsche 964 3.3 Turbo</n> photographed by <n>MacomeClassic</n>.

Moses Boyd | Stranger Than Fiction (Director's Cut)

A still from <n>Moses Boyd</n>'s music video for "<n>Stranger Than Fiction</n>," directed by <n>In/Out</n>.

<n>Mt Fuji</n>, 1940. Photo by <n>Kouyou Okada</n>.

The <n>Red Pyramid</n> in Dahshur, Egypt, photographed by <n>Zangaki</n> c. 1870-90.

A pattern of <n>Moroccan tile</n> from <n>Badia Design Inc.</n>

A portrait from the <n>Human Nature</n> series by artist <n>Maria Louceiro</n>.

<n>A Key to the Mysteries</n> by <n>J. Augustus Knapp</n> from <n>Manly Palmer Hall</n>'s <n>The Secret Teachings of All Ages</n> (1928).

An illustration from <n>Filippo Picinelli</n>'s <n>Mundus Symbolicus</n>, 1681.

The <n>Lion of Saint Mark</n> from the <n>Echternach Gospels</n>, an example of <n>Insular art</n> from c. 690.

<n>Jupiter Moon—Constellation</n> by <n>Vija Celmins</n>, 1983.

The <n>Nazgûl</n> from <n>The Lord of the Rings</n> by <n>Darek Zabrocki</n>.

The ruins of <n>Milkbank House</n> in Kettleholm, Scotland.

The <n>Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket</n>, an illustration from an English psalter, ca. 1250.

Cover illustration for <n>Cora Mason</n>'s book, <n>SOCRATES - The Man Who Dared to Ask</n>.

The mosaic tile ceiling of the <n>Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque</n> in Isfahan, Iran, built 1603-1619.

Illustration of <n>King Arthur</n> from the <n>Chronicle of England</n> manuscript, c. 1307-1327.

A collage featuring a photograph of <n>Mount Damavand</n> in Iran.

<n>Le Roy de France</n> from <n>Le Grand Armorial équestre de la Toison d'or</n>, c. 1435.

Engraving by <n>Johann Andreas Friedrich</n> after <n>Johann Melchior Füssli</n> for <n>Johann Jakob Scheuchzer</n>'s <n>Physica Sacra</n>, 1731.

A detail from <n>Edwin Austin Abbey</n>'s <n>Pre-Raphaelite</n> painting, <n>King Lear, Act I, Scene I</n> (1898).

An eagle attacks a flock of flamingos in Iran.

Illustration for <n>Marie de France</n>'s lai Bisclavret, from a 1481 German translation by <n>Ludwig Hetzer</n>.

A rock-cut dwelling in <n>Cappadocia</n>, <n>Turkey</n>. Photo by <n>Marc Riboud</n>.

<n>Vintage Book Cover with Hunting Dog Illustration</n>.

The Valet of Hearts from a French Revolution deck designed by <n>Jean-Démosthène Dugourc</n> in 1793.