South Africa, Kwazulu Natal, General, Zulu kraal with children sitting outside thatched huts.

Valley of the Nobles. Tomb of Nakht the scribe and astronomer of Tuthmosis IV. Detail of interior wall painting depicting birds and animals.

Women threshing wheat in the street.

Vatican City. Clerics in discussion walking along loggia beside Secretariat of State.

Vatican City. Nuns in waiting room decorated with frescoes by Raphael.

Ancient illuminated Koran in the Egyptian National Library. Moslem

Page of early Koran manuscript in the Egyptian National Library. Moslem

Early Koran illuminated manuscript in the Egyptian National Library.