PIX4621793: Nebula VDB 154 in Cephee - Nebula VDB 154 in Cepheus - VDB 154 is a nebula by reflexion. Other objects visible in this field are Sh2 - 150, LBN 520, LDN 1207 - 9. Nebula reflection. Other objects visible are Sh2 - 150, LBN 520, LDN 1207 - 9 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4621168: Ancient Peruvian utensils and tools, including Inca tomb A, B, pendant in gold and silver C, copper axe heads D, mirrors called Inca-rirpo E, F, G, stone axe H, pins I, L, M, clip K, drinking cup for Chicha N, earthenware vase or Guainacaba O, and golden idol Q. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrarioy's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (The Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1842. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4621195: Ruins of a circular Incan fortress at Canar, Ecuador. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i i Popoli), Florence, 1842. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621945: Star Alnitak and nebula NGC 2024 in the constellation Orion - Star Alnitak (Zeta Orionis) and nebula NGC 2024 in the constellation Orion about 1500 years - light from Earth. Image based on data obtained with the Oschin telescope of Mount Palomar / Bridgeman Images

FLO4621301: The tall Tehuelche people of Patagonia exchanging gifts with short European colonist. The Native Americans wear feather headdresses and fur cloaks. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i i Popoli), Florence, 1842. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621305: Dark Nebula of the Snake (B72) in Ophiuchu / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621885: Nebula IC 405, star AE Aurigae in the Coach - Nebula IC 405 - IC 405, is a nebula illuminated by the massive star AE Aurigae. This type O star is a “” fleeing star”, a star ejected from the Orion nebula about 2.5 million years ago and continues its race at a speed of 200 km per second / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621903: Nebula IC 405, star AE Aurigae in the Coach - Nebula IC 405 and runaway star AE Aurigae - IC 405, is a nebula illuminated by the massive star AE Aurigae. This type O star is a “” fleeing star”, a star ejected from the Orion nebula about 2.5 million years ago and continues its race at a speed of 200 km per second. The Flaming Star Nebula, IC 405, surrounds the variable star AE Aurigae. AE Aurigae is normally a 5.96 magnitude star of spectral class O. The star AE Aurigae itself is very bright, young, blue, and known as a runaway star since it appears to have been ejected from the Orion Nebula region about 2.5 million years ago / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622029: Nebula of the Horse's Head (IC 434) in Orion - Nebula of the Horse's Head (IC 434) in Orion - The horse's head nebula, Barnard 33, is a dark nebula located in front of the nebula has emitting IC 434 about 1500 years - light of the Earth in the constellation Orion. At the bottom left, the nebula NGC 2024 with just above the star Alnitak, a supergeant star belonging to the Orion Baudrier. Towards the center of the image, a reflexion nebula, NGC 2023 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4622037: Figures representing Aztec kings of Mexico. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622127: The Horsehead Nebula in infrared - The Horsehead Nebula in infrared - This infrared image shows the nebula of the horse's head (right) accompanied by the small nebula NGC 2023. Image obtained from the 4 meter diameter telescope VISTA and the Hubble space telescope. This Hubble space telescope and VISTA (infrared ESO 4 meter telescope) view shows the Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33), at right, and the reflection nebula NGC 2023 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4622166: Temazcalli or hypocaust lodges, with section showing naked men inside performing a purification ritual in the underfloor-heated house, Mesoamerica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4622196: Bread or corn tortilla-making in Mexico City. Men and women grinding maize, making tortilla and grilling them on a griddle over a fire. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4622199: Costumes of the native Mexicans and Aztecs. Men wearing the Maxtlat belt and Tilmatli cloak knotted at the chest, women wearing Cucitl skirt and Huepilli camisole. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622223: Nebula IC 1396 in Cephee - Nebula IC 1396 in Cephee - Nebula IC 1396 is a vast region of star formation between 2000 and 3000 years - Earth light. It houses several nebulae, including the elephant tube (VDB 142), towards the centre of the image, and several dark nebulae, including Barnard 161. A bright star is visible in this photo, Mu Cephei, a supergiant variable star / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622272: Nebula IC 1396 in Cephee infrared view - 18/12/2003 The large composite image on the left is a product of combining data from the observator's multiband imaging photometer and the infrared array camera. The thermal emission at 24 microns measured by the photometer (red) is combined with near - infrared emission from the camera at 3.6/4.5 microns (blue) and from 5.8/8.0 microns (green). The colors of the diffuse emission and filaments vary, and are a combination of molecular hydrogen (which tends to be green) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (brown) emissions. Nasa's Spitzer Space Telescope image of a glowing stellar nursery provides a spectacular contrast to the opaque cloud seen in visible light. The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is an elongated dark globule within the emission nebula IC 1396 in the constellation of Cepheus. Located at a distance of 2,450 light - years, the globule is a condensation of dense gas that is barely surviving the strong ionizing radiation from a nearby massive star. The globule is being compressed by the surrounding ionized gas. The dark globule is seen in silhouette at visible - light wavelengths, backlit by the illumination of a bright star located to the left of the field of view. The Spitzer Space Telescope pierces through the obscuration to reveal the birth of new protostars, or embryonic stars, and previously unseen young stars. The infrared image, was obtained by Spitzer's infrared array camera. The filamentary appearance of the globule results from the sculpting effects of competing physical processes. The winds from a massive star, located to the left of the image, produce a dense circular rim comprising the 'head' of the globule and a swept - back tail of gas / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622302: L'Ecole polytechnique, 1 rue Descartes in Paris 75005. From its creation in 1794, the school, which took the name of Polytechnique in September 1795, was thus clearly defined. She must give her students a solid scientific training, based on mathematics, physics and chemistry, and train them to enter the special schools of the public services of the State, such as the school of application of artillery and genie, the school of mines or that of Ponts et Chaussees. To take over the students judges who were too indisciplinary outside, Napoleon decided to take over them by imposing a military regime on them in 1804. They set them up on the Sainte Genevieve Mountain, in the premises of the College of Navarre and the College of Boncourt. Place they will not leave until 1976. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622354: The chapel of the Sorbonne in Paris. Architect Jacques Lemercier (1585-1654), construction 1635-1642. Founded in 1258, this college quickly became the seat of the faculty of theology of the University of Paris. Except for the chapel dating from the 18th century, there are only buildings dating from the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622375: Rue Saint Jacques in Paris. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622174: Detail in nebula IC 1318 in Cygn / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622386: Nebulas IC 1805 and IC 1848 in Cassiopee - Nebulas IC 1805 and IC 1848 in Cassiopeia - IC 1848 (left) is an emission nebula associated with a cluster of stars; it also houses the CR 34 star cluster. On the right, the largest nebula, IC 1805. LBN 667 is the large area of red emission nebulosity on the left side of the image. Open clusters CR 34 and IC 1848 are embedded in the nebula. IC 1805 is the large area of nebulosity on the right side of the image. NGC 896, a bright knot of nebulosity, is at the upper right of the photo. IC 1805 looks vaguely like a heart if you rotate your head 90 degrees counterclockwise and use your imagination when you look at the photo. The loose open cluster Mel 15 lies at the center of IC 1805, and open cluster NGC 1027 is just above right of the center of the image at top / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622484: Grande Mosquee de Paris, 2 bis place du Puits de l'Ermite, Paris 5th. Construction 1922-1926, architects Fournez, Heubes and Mantout. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622209: Nebula IC 1396 in Cephee - This beautiful nebula of hydrogen gas and dust is a stellar nursery that host many young stars in the constellation of Cepheus. It is the large IC 1396 emission nebula complex. Within the nebula is located the Elephant Trunck Nebula. The IC 1396 is about 3,000 light years distant / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622227: Nebula IC 1396A in Cephee - 200 / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622366: Rue de l'Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622464: Urban signage between Boulevard Saint Michel and Boulevard Saint Germain, Paris 5e. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622475: Musee national du Middle Ages et des thermal baths de Cluny, 6 place Paul Painleve in Paris in the 5th arrondissement.The thermal baths of Cluny date from the end of the 3rd century. They were the largest of the three ancient establishments in the public baths of Lutece. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622497: Nebula IC 2220 in the Carene - A mass - loss star in IC 2220 - This nebula is illuminated by a giant red star, the star HD 65670. Image obtained by Siding Spring's 3.9m telescope. The bright, supergiant star at the centre of this nebula is known only by its catalog designation, HD 65750. The nebulosity around the star is the result of light reflected by dust surrounding it. The dust is thought to consist mainly of particles of silica condensed from material which the star is losing from its distended surface at a fairly steady rate. The rate of mass loss is much higher than in normal stars and is sufficient to produce the reflection nebula IC 2220. The stellar nature of the central object is revealed by the four diffraction spikes extending from it. These are artifacts due to structures within the telescope. The light from the star has also produced the annular halation ring (a photographic artefact) that ornaments the nebula. These features, real or otherwise, have provoked the name 'Toby Jug' for this nebula, after the ornamental English drinking vessel or beer mug / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622513: Eglise Notre Dame du Val de Grace (1624-1669) in Paris. The church is the fruit of the wish of Queen Anne of Austria to raise a beautiful temple to God if he sent her a son. After twenty-three years of marriage, in 1638, the future Louis XIV was born, who laid the first stone on 1 April 1645 and the construction ended at the end of the 1660s with sculptural and pictorial decoration. The works were first entrusted to Mansart, to which Le Mercier was succeeded, having worked notably at the Hotel de St Aignan and the Bibliotheque of Mazarin, and then Le Muet, who attended Le Duc. In 1649, the disturbances of the Fronde led to a long interruption of work, which did not resume until 1655. Photography 10/08/98. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4622520: Plan and elevation of Honang pagoda, Canton, China. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i i Popoli), Florence, 1842. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621422: Nebulae LBN 552 and Cohen 129 - Nebulae LBN 552 and Cohen 129 in Cepheus - Nebulae in the constellation Cephee. This region in Cepheus does offer delicate reflection nebulae that have been cataloged by Beverly T. Lynds, University of Arizona, in 1965. This catalog was made from studying the red and blue plates taken by the 48 - inch Palomar Sky Survey. Cohen 129 is the small yellow nebula just slightly up of center / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621547: Cometary blood cell CG4 in the stern - CG4, a cometary blood cell in Puppis - Cometary blood cells are small clouds of isolated gases. The latter, called CG4, is located about 1300 light years ago in the constellation of Pupus. Its head is 1.5 years light and its tail extends for 8 years. This cloud is a star-forming region. A spiral galaxy seen by the slice (ESO 257 - 19) is visible at the top left. It is located 100 million years later. The odd looking “” creature”” to the right of center in the above photo is a gas cloud known as a cometary globule.This globule, however, has ruptured. Cometary globules are typically characterized by dusty heads and elongated tails. These features cause cometary globules to have visual similarities to comets, but in reality they are very much different. Cometary globules are frequently the birthplaces of stars, and many show very young stars in their heads. The reason for the rupture in the head of this object is not completely known. The galaxy to the left of center is very far in the distance and is only placed near CG4 by chance superposition / Bridgeman Images

FLO4621613: Idols and axe or buton of the Island Carib or Kalinago people. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1842. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622528: Nebula IC 2177 in the Unicorn - IC 2177 The Seagull nebula - IC 2177, is a large emission nebula located at the edge of the constellations of the Unicorn and the Great Dog. Image obtained through 3 different filters that highlight oxygen (blue), hydrogen (green), and sulfur (red). IC 2177, also known as the Eagle or Seagull Nebula, is a large emission nebulosity located on the border between Monoceros and Canis Major, about 7.5 degrees northeast of Sirius. This image is in the classic “” Hubble palette”” where SII is assigned to red, H - alpha to green, and OIII to blue. RGB frames were taken for star colors / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622532: Nebula IC 2948 in Centaur - Bok's cells - A group of Bok globules in IC 2948 - View of a detail of nebula IC 2948 in the center Centaur on Bok's cells. A Bok's blood cell is a dark interstellar cloud of gases and dust that absorb light. If it condenses enough, it gives birth to new stars. The dark spots in the picture are not photographic defects but an unusual type of interstellar cloud known as a Bok globule. Bok globules, named after astronomer Bart Bok who studied them extensively, are small dark clouds made of gas and dust that are typically condensing to form a star or stars. These Bok globules are located at a distance of about 6000 light years near IC 2944 cluster in the emission nebula IC 2948 / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622542: The Faculty of Sciences of Jussieu, Paris. Construction 1971, architects Edouard Alber, Urbain Cassan, Rene Coulon and Roger Seassal. / Bridgeman Images