PFH1171363: Japan: Lost Horyuji Temple fresco from a pre-1949 photograph: No.5 wall, Bodhisattva, detail. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171523: Iran: Adam and Hawwa (the Islamic Adam and Eve) as depicted in 'Manafi al-Hayawan' (Useful Animals). Maragheh, 1294-99 (Ilkhanid Era). Detail. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171334: Vietnam: Gateway to a palace courtyard, Forbidden City, Hue. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171438: China: Guanghua Men (Gate of Enlightenment), Jiayuguan Fort, Jiayuguan, Gansu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171568: Japan: Poster for the Sea and Air Exhibition, Tokyo, 1930 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171357: Japan: Lost Horyuji Temple fresco from a pre-1949 photograph: No.2 wall, Bodhisattva, detail of head. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171497: Japan: The Domo-komo is a two-headed creature with gray skin. From the Bakemono Zukushi Monster Scroll, Edo Period (1603-1868)., Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171623: India: British imperial hubris. The Viceroy of India's flag with nationalistic poetic sentiment. London, c. 1941-44. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171380: Japan: Lost Horyuji Temple fresco from a pre-1949 photograph: No.10 wall, Bhaisajyaguruvaidurya Tathagata paradise, upper right detail / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171569: Japan: Poster for the The National Products Progress Exhibition, Kagoshima, 1931 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171427: Ethiopia: The British Expedition to Abyssinia. Artllery and elephants on the march / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171608: China/ Burma / India Theatre: (Allied) Southeast Asia Command leaflet in Urdu warning non-combatants to stay away from Japanese military targets at the risk of being bombed. c.1942-45. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171451: Japan: 'Tiger Meow Meow', a Zenshu priest transformed into a monstrous feline creature. From the Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll, mid-19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171487: Netherlands / Japan: The wife of Jan Cock Blomhoff (right) together with his son and wetnurse, Director of Dejima Trading Colony, Nagasaki, Japan, c. 1817. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171715: Thailand: Young Buddhist novice monks at the Shan (Tai Yai) temple of Wat Pa Pao, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171643: Cambodia: Uncovering the ruins of Angkor (from the 'Voyage d'Exploration en Indo-Chine, 1866-68', Garnier Mission) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171651: China: Men preparing for a ceremony in a mural in the tomb of Zhang Shiqing, Xuanhua, Hebei, Liao Dynasty (1093-1117). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171774: Japan: Advertising poster for Umegatani Sake, c. 1925 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171671: China: Preparing sutras for a religious ceremony in a mural in the tomb of Han Shixun, Xuanhua, Hebei, Liao Dynasty (1093-1117). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171832: China: Buffalo taking a bath near the Miao village of Langde Shang, Guizhou Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171841: China: Miao women dancing in the village of Langde Shang, southeast of Kaili, Guizhou Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171848: Thailand: The Burmese temple of Wat Sai Mun Myanmar, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171857: Thailand: The Burmese temple of Wat Sai Mun Myanmar, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171632: China: A door guardian. Mural in the tomb of Zhang Kuangzheng, Xuanhua, Hebei, Liao Dynasty (1093-1117). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171758: Japan: Talisman against earthquake and tsunami, 1855. Apologetic namazu catfish who caused the Ansei earthquake and tsunami rescue survivors and help in rebuilding. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171995: Thailand: Buddha footprint shrine, Wat Phra Mahathat, Nakhon Sri Thammarat / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171988: Thailand: Buddhas in cloisters around the main chedi, Wat Phra Mahathat, Nakhon Sri Thammarat / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171998: Thailand: Buddhas in outer cloister, Wat Phra Mahathat, Nakhon Sri Thammarat / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172035: China: First Beacon Tower and the Taolai River Gorge, the end of the Ming Great Wall near Jiayuguan Fort / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172082: Ho Chi Minh after the Vietnamese victory at Dien Bien Phu, 1954 (photograph) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172135: Tahiti: Pomare I, King of Tahiti (1742-1803) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172151: Thailand: A saloon car and two 'samlor' trishaws on Yaowarat Road, Phuket Town, 1952, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172155: Thailand: Buddha and monkeys at Prang Sam Yot (a Khmer temple), Lopburi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172165: Thailand: A biplane bearing the legend 'Monthon Phuket No. 1', Phuket airfield, 1929 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172175: Thailand: A Phuket woman of Chinese ethnic origin poses in a Penang Nonya dress in this 1950 studio photograph / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172192: Thailand: A southern Thai beauty photographed in a Phuket studio c. 1950s. / Bridgeman Images