PFH2965904: Thailand: Bowl shaped chedi (Watermelon Chedi), Wat Ku Tao, Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, c. 1920 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965927: Burma / Myanmar: Shrines and smaller stupas in front of the great Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon (Rangoon) (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965933: Burma / Myanmar: Buddha fresco at the Khay Min Gha Temple (12th century), Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965940: Burma / Myanmar: Burmese students await the sunset at the Sutaungpyei Pagoda at the summit of Mandalay Hill, Mandalay (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965954: Burma / Myanmar: The floating gardens of Inle Lake, Shan State (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965973: Burma / Myanmar: A betel leaf merchant collecting leaves for the market from betel leaf plantation near Inle Lake, Shan State (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965988: Burma / Myanmar: Pa-O woman at the Thaung Tho Market at the southwestern end of Inle Lake, Shan State (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2966017: Thailand: Performers at the Khao Phanom Rung Festival, Prasat Hin Phanom Rung (Phanom Rung Stone Castle), Buriram Province, northeast Thailand (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2966045: Sri Lanka: A dancer on a pillar at the top of the stone staircase at Yapahuwa, an ancient rock fortress in Sri Lanka's North Western Province (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2966062: India: Muhammad Khan Bangash (1665-1743), Nawab of Farrukhabad (1715-1743), with female musicians and attendant, c. 1730 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2966068: Tanzania / Zanzibar: Sayyid Ali bin Hamud Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (r. 1902-1911) as the crown prince c. 1895 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965799: Japan: "Hikifuda" advertising poster depicting a Treasure Ship. It has been left blank so that the printer can add the text required by the purchaser in the column on the left hand side. Late Meiji (1868-1912) period / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965804: Japan: "Hikifuda" advertising poster depicting a young woman and a girl in their best clothing celebrating Japanese New Year, 1913 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965816: Thailand: Sadet Beach (Hat Sadet), Ko Phangan (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965830: China: Tian Chi (Heaven Lake) in the Tian Shan (Heavenly Mountains), Xinjiang Province (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965842: Thailand: Coconut palms and visitors, Chaweng Bay (Ao Chaweng), Ko Samui (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965867: Japan: "Hikifuda" advertising poster depicting a Shinto deity and symbols of good fortune. Late Meiji (1868-1912) period / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965877: Vietnam: The entrance to one of Hoi An's many art galleries (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965890: China: Decorative traditional hand-made knives for sale in a small workshop in Yengisar, Xinjiang Province (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965896: China: Sizhou Pagoda built in 1618, Xi Hu (West Lake), Huizhou, Guangdong Province (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965912: China: A statue to the two Uighur lovers, Princess Tzuhola and her lover, the shepherd Tayir near the Tiemenguan (The Iron Gate Pass), the ancient strategic strongpoint controlling the Silk Road near Korla, Xinjiang Province (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965929: Burma / Myanmar: Buddha fresco at the Khay Min Gha Temple (12th century), Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965934: Burma / Myanmar: Buddha fresco at the Khay Min Gha Temple (12th century), Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965944: Burma / Myanmar: Drying rice-paper crackers prior to roasting, Inle Lake, Shan State (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965963: Burma / Myanmar: A field of stupas at the Ywama Paya temple complex, Ywama, Inle lake, Shan State (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965975: Burma / Myanmar: A betel leaf merchant collecting leaves for the market from betel leaf plantation near Inle Lake, Shan State (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2965990: Burma / Myanmar: Boats at the Thaung Tho Pagoda and Market at the southwestern end of Inle Lake, Shan State (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2966023: Thailand: Performers at the Khao Phanom Rung Festival, Prasat Hin Phanom Rung (Phanom Rung Stone Castle), Buriram Province, northeast Thailand (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2966046: Sri Lanka: The Yapahuwa Lion on the stone staircase at Yapahuwa, an ancient rock fortress in Sri Lanka's North Western Province (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2966083: Tanzania / Zanzibar: Two Swahili women wearing kanga wrap-around cotton dress, Dar es Salaam, 1910 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2966146: Vietnam: A side altar with coils of incense in the Assembly Hall of the Cantonese Chinese Congregation (Quang Trieu), Hoi An (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2966164: Japan: Portrait of a "geisha" reading a book, 1938, Japanese Photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2966229: Laos: The 16th century black stupa at Wat Phra Mahathat, Luang Prabang (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2966158: Japan: 'Beautiful Japan', advertising poster for Japan Government Railways, Japan Tourist Bureau, c. 1925 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2966166: Japan: An Ainu family outside their home somewhere in Hokkaido, c. 1900 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2966176: Vietnam: The historic merchant town of Hoi An across the Thu Bon River (photo) / Bridgeman Images