Plants, A flower of the ice plant or sour fig, Carpobrotus edulis, an invasive species originally from South Africa.

Plants, A flower of the ice plant or sour fig, Carpobrotus edulis, an invasive species originally from South Africa.

Plants, A flower of the ice plant or sour fig, Carpobrotus edulis, an invasive species originally from South Africa.

Ethiopia, Tribal Groups, Mursi Tribe, Mursi boy covered with body paint .

Ethiopia, General, Mursi settlement with woman and children outside thatched huts.

Ethiopia, General, Mursi tribesman with kalashnikov.

Ethiopia, General, Mursi tribesmen feasting after Nitha Age Set Ceremony.

Nigeria, General, Wodaabe men with painted faces.

Nigeria, North, General, Wodaabe tribesman applying traditonal face decoration before dance.

Nigeria, General, Wodaabe tribesman applying face paint using piece of straw.

Egypt, Nile Valley, Thebes, Deir al Bahri Temple of Sesedjem. Detail of mural depicting Anubis the jackel headed god of the dead performing a ritual over a mummified corpse.

Sudan, Khartoum, Faras Christian fresco in the museum.