Images Dated 16th May 2018 (page 39)

St Patricks stone on the Hill of Tara, 5th century
St Patricks stone on the Hill of Tara, where he officiated, 5th century

Interior of a passage grave at Fourknocks, 3000 to 2500 BC
Interior of a passage grave at Fourknocks in County Meath, Ireland. The photograph shows the burial chamber, seen from the entrance passage, 3000 to 2500 BC

Base of the east face of the Moone Cross, 7th century
Base of the east face of the Moone cross, showing the temptation of Adam and Eve, the sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham, and Daniel in the Lions Den, 7th century

Treading clay for pottery in Tunisia. Artist: CM Dixon
Treading clay for pottery in Moknine in Tunisia. Note the smoke from the kilns, which are burning olive wood

Picking olives in Tunisia. The man knocks them off with a stick, and the women then pick them from the ground

Little girl in Tunisia
A little girl in Tunisia

Keeper with a lizard in Tozeur zoo in Tunisia

Selling spices and fish in Gabes market in Tunisia

Selling henna in Gabes market in Tunisia

Collecting water in the evening in an oasis in the Sahara
Collecting water in the evening in Jemma, an oasis village in the Sahara

Berber storehouses converted into a bazaar in the Ghorfa complex in Medenine

View of the Spanish fort Borj el Kebir, 13th century
View of the Spanish fort Borj el Kebir, built in 1289 and with later additions by arabs, 13th centruy

Road-building in Tunisia
Road-building in Tatouine, in Tunisia

Roman amphitheatre in El Djem, 3rd century
Roman amphitheatre in El Djem, Tunisia, 3rd century

Depiction of Daniel in the Lions Den on the Moone Cross, 7th century
Depiction of Daniel in the Lions Den, on the east face of a Celtic Christian High Cross in Moone, county Kildare, Ireland, 7th century

Pottery shop in Kairouan in Tunisia

Japanese Netsuke of an owl, used as a talisman against ingratitude

Japanese Netsuke of a dog, one of the twelve animals of the Japanese Zodiac, from the V&As collection

Japanese Netsuke of a snake, 19th century
Japanese Netsuke of a snake, one of the twelve animals of the Japanese Zodiac, from the V&As collection, 19th century

Japanese Netsuke of a No dancer as a Shojo. Artist: Masahira
Japanese Netsuke of a No dancer as a Shojo or drunken sprite, signed Masahira. from the V&As collection

Japanese ivory of carpenters, 19th century

Japanese Netsuke of a man and boy at new year, 19th century
Japanese Netsuke of a man and boy scattering red beans at new year to drive away evil spirits, from the V&As collection, 19th century

Japanese shield-guard
Japanese ornamental shield-guard made of shibuichi

Japanese Netsuke of a tiger, 19th century
Japanese Netsuke of a tiger, one of the twelve animals of the Japanese Zodiac, from the V&As collection, 19th century

Japanese Netsuke of a rat, 19th century
Japanese Netsuke of a rat, one of the twelve animals of the Japanese Zodiac, from the V&As collection, 19th century

Japanese Netsuke of a dog, 19th century
Japanese Netsuke of a dog, one of the twelve animals of the Japanese Zodiac, from the V&As collection, 19th century

Small tile with a spotted hyena or bear, 13th century
Small tile with a spotted hyena or bear. Similar tiles, now in St Petersburg, are known to be from the Kangah of Pir Husayn, restored in 1280 AD

Wooden model of the main Shinto shrine at Ise, popular household objects in Japan. Like the main Shrine at Ise, they contain mirrors

Japanese figure of the Adibuddha Aizen-Myo-O
Japanese figure of Aizen-Myo-O, a Buddhist Adibuddha, also known as Kongosatta. In some sects he is regarded as the god of love

Japanese Netsuke of two drunkards, 18th century. Artist: Gyoku-un
Japanese Netsuke of two Shujo (drunkards), signed Gyoku-un, 18th century

Japanese Netsuke of a Chinese dancer and child, 18th century. Artist: Masahira
Japanese Netsuke of a Chinese dancer and child, 18th century

Head of a Haniwa tomb figure, 6th century
Head of a Haniwa tomb-figure from Berlin Museums collection, 6th century

Japanese painting of children at play, 18th century

Japanese Netsuke of a skeleton playing a drum, 18th century
Japanese Netsuke of a skeleton playing a drum, from the V&As collection, 18th century

Iranian plate showing a horseman with a falcon, 13th century

Islamic ivory panel of a hunting scene from Egypt

Painting of Maharana Jawan Singh hunting wild boars, 19th century
Painting of Maharana Jawan Singh hunting wild boars, from Udaipur in India, from the V&As collection, 19th century

Trilithons in Stonehenge

Detail of a relief showing Christ entering Jerusalem, 12th century
Detail of a relief showing Christ entering Jerusalem from Chichester Cathedral in Sussex, England, 12th century

Viking runes on a gravestone to a churchyard in Sweden

Roman tile with a human footprint, 3rd century
Roman tile with a human footprint and a shoeprint at Fishbourne Roman palace near Chichester in Sussex, 3rd century

Gold bracteate from Sweden showing Odin and a raven, from the Ashmoleon Museums collection

Roman tile with a dogs footprint, 3rd century
Roman tile with a dogs footprint at Fishbourne Roman palace near Chichester in Sussex, 3rd century

Stone figure from a Mithraeum near Hadrians Wall, 3rd century
Stone figure from a Mithraeum at Carrawburgh near Hadrians Wall, depiciting a local Mother Goddess, 3rd century

Hadrians Wall from Housesteads Fort in Northumberland, 2nd century
View northeast along Hadrians Wall from Housesteads Fort in Northumberland, with the terrain being used to improve defence of the wall, 2nd century

Viking Thorwalds cross-slab from Andreas Church on the Isle of Man, 10th century
Detail of Thorwalds cross-slab from Andreas Church on the Isle of Man - note the runes on the edge. The figure bears a fish (a Christian symbol) and a cross, and tramples on a serpent, 10th century

A soda-machine in Moscow

The soviet-era GUM department store in Moscow, 19th century

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