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Let Us Beat Our Swords into Ploughshares, a bronze sculpture by Soviet artist Evgeny Vuchetich, presented to the United Nations on 4 December 1959. Garden of the United Nations Headquarters, New York.

Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram is a historic city and UNESCO World Heritage site in Tamil Nadu, India. During the reign of the Pallava dynasty, between the 3rd century CE and 7th century CE, it became an important centre of art, architecture...

It is a breathtaking flight with dramatic sweeps over fertile valleys and blue pine forests. You fly past Mt. Everest, Mt. Kanchenjunga and Mt. Gangkhar Puensum, which is the highest, unclimbed mountain in the world soaring to almost 7,570...

Opus sectile panel (made of precisely cut polished varicolored marble) from the Basilica of Junius Bassus which stood on the Esquiline Hill in Rome. The panel, dating from the 4th century CE, depicts a tiger attacking a calf. (Musei Capitolini...

A panel from a larger floor mosaic depicting a hunting tiger, Tarentum, southern Italy, Late 2nd, early 3rd century CE. (National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A mural from a Goguryeo tomb depicting the mythical white tiger which represented the cardinal direction West. (likely 6th-7th century CE)

This Roman mosaic of an exotic tiger comes from Avenches, Switzerland. It was made from stone and glass, and it dates from c. 200-250 CE. (Landesmuseum, Zürich)

At roughly 22 cm (9 in) in length and containing 22 Chinese characters, this tiger bone was made in the third year of Emperor Dixin (fl. c. 1152 BCE) of the Shang Dynasty (c.1600-1046 BCE). (Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto)

Shiva (Siva) is one of the most important gods in Hinduism and a member of the holy trinity (trimurti) with Brahma and Vishnu. Shiva is a complex character who may represent goodness and benevolence, and he serves as the Protector. Shiva...

Daily life in ancient China changed through the centuries but reflected the values of the presence of gods and one's ancestors in almost every time period. Villages like Banpo show evidence of a matriarchal society, where there was a priestly...