Haw Pha Kaeo Temple dating from 1565, now National Museum of Religious Art, Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Wooden box for Quran, dating from 1344 AD, National Museum, Kuwait, Middle East

Statue of Hindu god, Sukhothai period, National Museum, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Stone statue of Vishnu, dating from 7th century AD, National Museum, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

The Annunciation, Farras Cathedral, frescoes and murals from ruined Nubian churches, dating from the 8th to the 15th centuries, The National Museum, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

Buddha of Grahi, a masterpiece of 12th century Srivijaya art, donated by the Governor of Grahi, from Chaya District, National Museum, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Bronze Avalokitesvara from Binh Dinh, Cham art, from the 8th century, Saigon National Museum, Saigon, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Standing bronze Buddha image from Dong Duon in the Amaravati style, Saigon National Museum, Saigon, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

A 14th century bronze image of Shiva, part of a group of Hindu statues preserved at the Brahman Temple in Bangkok, now in National Museum, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Bronze Brahma cast in Sukhothai in the 14th century, Bangkok National Museum, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Vishnu from Phnom Da, Khmer Art from the 7th and 8th centuries, National Museum of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Farras Cathedral, frescoes and murals from ruined Nubian churches, dating from the 8th to the 15th centuries, The National Museum, Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

Stone statue of Vishnu, dating from between 7th and 9th centuries AD, National Museum, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Head of the Buddha in the National Museum in Kyongju, Korea, Asia

Early Ayutthaya head of Buddha, National Museum of Bangkok,Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

face, head, buddha, sculpture,statue,The National Museum,Exhibition Hall 1, Bangkok, Thailand

Figurehead of barge, Royal Barges National Museum, Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand

Buddha head, in Chao Sam Phraya National Museum, Ayuthaya, Thailand

Buddha head, in Chao Sam Phraya National Museum, Ayuthaya, Thailand

Figurehead of barge, Royal Barges National Museum, Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand

Royal Barges National Museum, Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand

Ornamentation, detail of barge, Royal Barges National Museum, Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand

Solvognen, Trundholm sun chariot, from the Bronze Age, at display at the National Museum, Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe

Pieta, Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, called Vesperbild, from 1390/1400, from Seeon Abbey, Benedictine monastery at Lake Chiemsee, Munich in 1330, Bavarian National Museum, Prinzregentenstrasse 3, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Bavarian Rococo sculpture, Bavarian National Museum, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Bust of M.A. Castren, National Museum, Helsinki, Finland, Europe

Pieta, Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, called Vesperbild, from 1390/1400, from Seeon Abbey, Benedictine monastery at Lake Chiemsee, Munich in 1330, Bavarian National Museum, Prinzregentenstrasse 3, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Bavarian National Museum, St. George, Old Bavaria, Salzburg, around 1390 - 1400, made of limewood, Prinzregentenstrasse 3, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Bavarian National Museum, St. George, Old Bavaria, Salzburg, around 1390 - 1400, made of limewood, Prinzregentenstrasse 3, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Curved wooden ceiling, Bavarian National Museum, Prinzregentenstrasse 3, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe