PFH1173606: Vietnam: Lady Chao, 3rd century BC female warrior - supposedly with huge breasts - who fought the Chinese - traditional woodblock painting from Dong Ho village, Bac Ninh Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173649: Vietnam: A tourist boat visiting a small fishery, Halong Bay, Quang Ninh Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173660: Vietnam: Dong Son dagger with figure on hilt, c. 500-100 BCE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173428: China: Stepping stones and wooden bridge across the Tuo River, Fenghuang, Hunan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173455: China: A large prayer wheel, Labrang Monastery, Xiahe, Gansu province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173457: China: An outer building at Labrang Monastery, Xiahe, Gansu province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173470: China: Pilgrims circumambulate the monastery while spinning the prayer wheels, Labrang Monastery, Xiahe, Gansu province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173487: China: Labrang Monastery, Xiahe, Gansu province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173503: China: Chinese tourists on the singing sand dunes of Mingsha Shan (Mingsha Hills) in the Kumtagh Desert, Gansu Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173521: China: Picking cotton in the fields around Dunhuang, Gansu Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173528: India: The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Pondicherry / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173605: Vietnam: Jealousy in a rural setting - traditional woodblock painting from Dong Ho village, Bac Ninh Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173637: China: Ruins at Yarkhoto or Jiaohe Gucheng (Jiaohe Ancient City), near Turpan, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173679: Vietnam / Cambodia: Coin from the Kingdom of Funan / Phu Nam, c. 100-550 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173674: Vietnam: A tour boat in Halong Bay, Quang Ninh Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174087: Cambodia: The remains of a Naga pedestal, Phnom Chisor temple, Takeo Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174092: Vietnam: De Tham, Vietnamese patriot and anti-colonialist (1860-1913) with his children / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174110: China: The ruins at Karakhoja or Gaochang Gucheng (Gaochang Ancient City), near Turpan, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174122: Indonesia: Map of The Island of Bali, c. 1745, by Jacques Nicholas Bellin (1703-1772) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171347: Nepal: Sadhu, Kathmandu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171507: Thailand: A many armed Vishnu above the demon Rahu, Prasat Sikhoraphum, Surin Province, Northeast Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171402: Religion: 'The Banquet of Simon of Bethany' - the story of Mary Magdalene, painted on stained glass by an unknown artist, c.1520. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171415: Thailand: 14th century chedi, Wat Pa Sak, Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171433: Ethiopia: The British Expedition to Abyssinia. Elephant artillery Tekeze Valley / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171466: Japan: The 'snake woman' of Nara. From the Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll, mid-19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171505: Thailand: Prasat Sikhoraphum, Surin Province, Northeast Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171522: China: God admonishing Adam and Eve in a fragment of an illustrated Manichaean text. Xinjiang, c.8th-9th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171620: China / Burma / India: Cover of the book 'Stilwell Road - Story of the Ledo Lifeline' (Calcutta: Indian Press, c.1944-45). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171046: Thailand: The main viharn containing the Phra Sri Sakyamuni Buddha imageWat Suthat, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171028: Thailand: 19th century diagrams placed during the reign of Rama III (1787 - 1851) showing the body's acupressure points, Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171139: Japan: Aka Tamanosuke with his teacher Kansho. From Heroes of the Water Margin. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka (1839-92) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171083: China: Detail of a painting from the Mogao Caves showing a man in stocks and another being attacked by a camel. Dunhuang, 8th-10th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171235: Thailand: Prasat Hin Phanom Rung (Phanom Rung Stone Castle), Buriram Province, northeast Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171248: Thailand: Guardian figure or Yaksa at the gateway to Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171194: Thailand: Buddha in the main viharn, Wat Bowonniwet, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171153: Laos: The house of a wealthy Laotian family, drawn by French expeditioner Louis Delaporte, c. 1866-67. / Bridgeman Images