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A <n>Zapotec Bat God Funerary Urn</n>, used in a publication with a poem by <n>Macario Matus</n>.

<n>The Green Queen</n>, a 2018 bronze sculpture by artist <n>Hedi Xandt</n>.

A <n>three-headed deity</n> from <n>Angkor</n>, Cambodia, from the book <n>Lost Cities of Asia</n> by <n>Wim Swaan</n>, 1966.

A 7th-century <n>Statue of Yakushi Nyorai</n> at Hōryū-ji temple. Photo by <n>Ogawa Seiyō</n>.

<n>Buddhist monks</n> at <n>Wat Arun</n> in Bangkok, 1978. Photo by <n>Michael Edwards</n>.

The <n>Śiva Maheśvara</n> sculpture from the Elephanta Caves. Photo by the <n>Archaeological Survey of India</n>.

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

A painting depicting the Hindu goddess <n>Kālī</n>, shared on the occasion of <n>Kali Jayanti</n>.

An illustration of <n>Arawak Petroglyphs</n> from the Caribbean.

A page from a 1913 publication showing Japanese <n>Noh masks</n> including <n>Hannya</n> and <n>Kurohige</n>.

Illustration from <n>E.A. Novgorodova</n>'s book <n>The World of Petroglyphs of Mongolia</n> (1984).

The cover of <n>Planète N°1</n>, a magazine founded by <n>Louis Pauwels</n>.

The <n>Nefertiti Bust</n>, sculpted by <n>Thutmose</n> c. 1345 BC. Photo by <n>Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft</n>, 1912.

A garland on the royal insignia of <n>Tutankhamun</n>'s outermost coffin. Photo by <n>Harry Burton</n>, 1926.