SNK1163580: Prague astronomical clock's calendar plate – July, 1865-66 (oil on copper plate), Mánes, Josef (1820-71) / Bridgeman Images

SNK1163582: Prague astronomical clock's calendar plate – March, 1865-66 (oil on copper plate), Mánes, Josef (1820-71) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166983: Laos: An 1867 picture of ethnic Khuen people and Pung Dam, known as 'black bellies' for their tattooed torsos. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166995: Thailand: Buddha inside a brightly-coloured viharn in the grounds of Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166998: Thailand: Main chedi, Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167001: Thailand: Buddha in Viharn Nam Taem, Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167004: Thailand: Fading mural depicting 16th-century life on a wooden panel in Viharn Nam Taem, Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167005: Thailand: Fading mural depicting 16th-century life on a wooden panel in Viharn Nam Taem, Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167008: Thailand: Fading mural depicting 16th-century life on a wooden panel in Viharn Nam Taem, Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167018: Thailand: Early 19th-century mural on a wooden panel in the main Viharn Luang, Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167021: Thailand: Early 19th-century mural on a wooden panel in the main Viharn Luang, Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167042: Thailand: Bell-shaped Sri Lankan-style chedi, Wat Chang Lom, Si Satchanalai Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167046: Thailand: Buddha, Wat Chang Lom, Si Satchanalai Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167047: Thailand: Elephants supporting the bell-shaped Sri Lankan-style chedi, Wat Chang Lom, Si Satchanalai Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167049: Thailand: Sinhalese-style chedi, Wat Nang Phaya, Si Satchanalai Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167058: Thailand: Lotus-bud chedi, Wat Chedi Chet Thaeo, Si Satchanalai Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167059: Thailand: Lotus-bud chedi, Wat Chedi Chet Thaeo, Si Satchanalai Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167060: Thailand: Lotus-bud chedi, Wat Chedi Chet Thaeo, Si Satchanalai Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167061: Thailand: Lotus-bud chedi, Wat Chedi Chet Thaeo, Si Satchanalai Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167069: Thailand: Young Padaung (Long Neck Karen) girl, village near Mae Hong Son / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167076: Thailand: Karen Long Ears women and ordinary Karen woman (right), Karen Long Neck Village and Seven Tribe Village, near Mae Taman, north of Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167083: Thailand: Wat Chedi Ngarm, Sukhothai Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167085: Thailand: Wat Chedi Ngarm, Sukhothai Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167086: Thailand: 15 metre high seated Buddha, Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167093: Thailand: Worshippers at the 15 metre high seated Buddha, Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167095: Thailand: Worshippers at the 15 metre high seated Buddha, Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167096: Thailand: 15 metre high seated Buddha, Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167098: Thailand: Wat Sorasak, Sukhothai Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167105: China / Taiwan: Aboriginal people hunting deer (1746). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167111: Vietnam: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident - 'North Vietnamese motor torpedo boat attacking USS Maddox, 2 August 1964'. US Navy photograph 711524. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167113: Vietnam: Truong Chinh (1907-1988), Nationalist and Communist ideologue. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167115: Vietnam: Pham Van Dong (1906-2000) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167121: China / Tibet: Khedrup Gelek Pelzang, 1st Panchen Lama (1385-1438). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167130: Vietnam: Traditional Vietnamese Royal Vessels ('Anciennes Barques Royales Annamites'), c.1910. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167131: China: Currency banknote issued by Ma Chung-ying in Gansu and Xinjiang c. 1933. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167133: Vietnam: A Vietnamese mandarin of the Royal Court at Hue in the late 19th century. / Bridgeman Images