An African adversary carved on the lower end of a ceremonial cane, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

An Asian adversary carved on the lower end of a ceremonial cane, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Detail from the ceremonial footstool of the king, showing conquered adversaries and enemies of Egypt including a Syrian, Libyan, Nubian and Sudanese, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Detail from the ceremonial footstool of the king, showing conquered adversaries and enemies of Egypt, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Detail from the ceremonial footstool of the king showing the enemies of Egypt conquered and beneath the yoke of the pharaoh, from the tomb of Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Temple of Amun, Temple complex of Karnak, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

The Temple of Ramesses II (The Ramesseum), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Lion statue, Borobudur, 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple, UNESCO World Heritage, Java, Indonesia

Ancient Propylaea building entrance, The Acropolis, UNESCO, Athens, Greece

Tomb of Nefertari, Valley of the Queens, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Tomb of Seti I, Valley of the Kings, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Tlaloc sculpture in front of the National Museum of Anthropology, Polanco, Mexico City, Mexico

The Venus Platform, detailed view, Chichen Itza, Yucatan State, Mexico

Poporo, Pre-Columbian goldwork collection, Gold museum, Museo del Oro, Bogota, Colombia, America

Poporo and stick, Pre-Columbian goldwork collection, Gold museum, Museo del Oro, Bogota, Colombia, America

Poporo and stick, Pre-Columbian goldwork collection, Gold museum, Museo del Oro, Bogota, Colombia, America

Group of adventure tourists spelunking in Actun Tunichil Muknal cave, central Belize.

Prehistoric pictographs in Horseshoe Canyon, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

Precolumbian Gold Chimu Culture, 1000-1400AD TUMI ceremonial knife depicting legendary chief Naym Lap, gold and turquoise in Museo del Oro, Lima, Peru

Precolumbian Gold Chimu Culture, 1000-1400AD TUMI ceremonial knife depicting legendary chief Naym Lap, gold and turquoise in Museo del Oro, Lima, Peru

Nazca Culture 100-700 AD ceremonial ceramic beaker with falcon markings in the Collection the Art Institute of Chicago, Peru

Precolumbian Gold Chimu Culture 1000-1400AD Gold Arms with embossed warrior figures, used in funerary rites collection of Museo del Oro, Lima, Peru

Precolumbian Gold Chimu Culture 1000-1400AD Gold Arms with embossed warrior figures, used in funerary rites collection of Museo del Oro, Lima, Peru

La Tolita Culture, c 500BC to 500AD Gold Diadem or Crown, in the collection of the Banco Central de Ecuador in Quito, North Coast, Ecuador

La Tolita Culture, c 500BC to 500AD Gold Diadem or Crown, in the collection of the Banco Central de Ecuador in Quito, North Coast, Ecuador