Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Wall painting, Afrosiab Museum, also known as Afrosiyob Museum.

Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Stone birds on front of Afrosiab (Afrosiyob) Museum depicting 2750th anniversary of Samarkand.

Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Carved stone figures on front of Afrosiab Museum, also known as Afrosiyob Museum.

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

USA, Washington DC, The Mall, Archives of the United States of America.

USA, Washington DC, The Mall, Archives of the United States of America.

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

Turkey, Anatolia, Ephesus, 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.