Uzbekistam, Khiva, Statue of Al Khwarizmi, a ninth century mathematician, Ichan Kala.

Turkey, Anatolia, Ephesus, Mosaic on the floor of one of the terrace houses.

Egypt, Alexandria, Carved stone detail on a sarcophagus at The Catacombs of Kom El Shuqafa.

Egypt, Cairo, Painting of Tutankhamun's death mask on papyrus paper.

Greece, Crete, Knossos, A Pithos, large storage jar, in The Magazines of The Giants, Knossos Palace.

Greece, Crete, Knossos, Pithoi, large storage jars, in The Magazines of The Giants, Knossos Palace.

England, London, Golden statue of Shakespeare’s Ariel on a dome of the Bank of England.

Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Statue of Ho Chi Minh holding a child outside the Peoples Committee Building.

Igbo-Ukwli bronze pot dating from 9th Century AD 32.3cm in height.

Hungary, Budapest, View from the dome of St Stephens Basilica with the Hungarian Parliament to the left and the green and yellow roof of the Secessionist Royal Postal Savings Bank on the right.