PFH1167580: Thailand: Staircase decoration in Phra Ratchawang Ban Peun, Phetchaburi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167590: Thailand: Buddha images in niches within Tham Khao Luang, Phetchaburi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167639: Thailand: Wat Saket and the Golden Mount, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167658: Thailand: Foreigners in a Thai mural, Wat Saket and the Golden Mount, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167676: Thailand: Inthanon, Chao (King) of Chiang Mai, 1871-1897. Seventh lord of the Chao Chet Ton Dynasty. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167695: Burma: Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167717: Burma: Window, Nanpaya temple, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168062: Mongolia: Baron Roman Nikolai Maximilian von Ungern-Sternberg (1885-1921). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168101: Mongolia / China: Yesun Temur Khan (r. 1323-1328), 10th Khagan of the Mongol Empire; 6th Yuan Emperor Taiding. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168112: Mongolia / China: Taji, wife of Darmabala (a.k.a. Shunzong, father of Qaishan and Ayurbarvada). Paint and ink on silk., Mongolian School, (13th-14th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168126: Mongolia / China: Two unnamed wives of Khutughtu Khan (Emperor Mingzong) right; and Rinchinbal Khan (Emperor Ningzong) left. Paint and ink on silk., Mongolian School, (13th-14th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168156: Thailand: Jim Thompson watching a Cham silk weaver, Bangkok, early 1960s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168182: Thailand: Khmer stone lion (singha) in the garden, Jim Thompson House, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168228: Thailand: Monk and other visitors at Prasat Hin Phimai, Phimai Historical Park, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. Phimai dates from the 11th and 12th century and was an important Khmer Buddhist temple and town in the Khmer empire / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168254: Thailand: Fortune teller beneath the giant banyan tree near Prasat Hin Phimai, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. Phimai dates from the 11th and 12th century and was an important Khmer Buddhist temple and town in the Khmer empire / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168034: Africa: Map of Guinea and surrounding regions by Jodocus Hondius (1625). 'Benin Regnu', the Benin Kingdom, is indicated in the south-east. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168296: Thailand: The urn containing King Chulalongkorn's remains is passed form the royal carriage to a litter during his funeral in March, 1911. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168066: Mongolia: Jalkhanz Khutagt Sodnomyn Damdinbazar (1874-1923) was a high lamaist incarnation in northwestern Mongolia, and played a high-profile role in the country's independence movement. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168109: Mongolia / China: An unnamed Yuan imperial consort. Paint and ink on silk, 14th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168113: Mongolia / China: a Yuan imperial consort named Nahan, her husband is not indicated. Paint and ink on silk., Mongolian School, (13th-14th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168123: Mongolia / China: A collage of six Mongol Empresses of the Empire of the Great Khan / Yuan Dynasty (12th-14th centuries)., Mongolian School, (13th-14th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168130: Mongolia / China: Jiyatu, wife of Qaishan (a.k.a. Wuzong) (right) and an unnamed wife of Ayurbarvada (a.k.a. Renzong) (left). Paint and ink on silk., Mongolian School, (13th-14th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168152: China: Chinese commercial calendar poster from the 1920s. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168164: Thailand: Doors from an old China Town pawnshop lead to Jim Thompson's private quarters, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168180: Thailand: Khmer stone lion (singha) in the garden, Jim Thompson House, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168189: Thailand: Two Siamese theatre actors play Thotsakan and his wife, Nang Munto, from the play 'Ramakien', c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168212: Mongolia: Enthronement of a Mongol Khagan. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168229: Thailand: Central sanctuary, Prasat Hin Phimai, Phimai Historical Park, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. Phimai dates from the 11th and 12th century and was an important Khmer Buddhist temple and town in the Khmer empire / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168236: China: Cai Xiang (1012-1067). The greatest calligrapher of the Song Dynasty, he wrote the Cha Lu Record of Tea in 1050. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168275: Japan: Mongol invasion of Japan; Japanese samurai boarding Mongol ships in 1281. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168302: Thailand: An oarsman poses for a photograph in front of a sugar cane plant, Siam, mid-19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1168321: Thailand: War elephants in the time of King Chulalongkorn (r. 1868 - 1910), Siam. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167724: Burma: Thatbyinnyu Temple, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167737: Sri Lanka: Novice monks at Anuradhapura / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167763: Sri Lanka: Worshippers at the sacred bodhi tree (Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi), Anuradhapura / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167777: Sri Lanka: Monk statues in the cave temple at Isurumuniya Vihara, Anuradhapura / Bridgeman Images