The painted box of stuccoed wood showing the king in his chariot, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Detail showing the destruction of the black Africans painted on the box of stuccoed wood, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Detail showing the destruction of Asians painted on the box of stuccoed wood, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Painted ivory plaque from the lid of a coffer showing Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun in a garden, the lower frieze shows young women plucking mandrakes, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Traditional Fijian Warrior Guards wearing grass skirts and face paints, Fiji, South Pacific

Young Surma woman with body painting in the river, Kibish, Omo valley Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Young Surma woman with traditional body painting, Kibish, Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Boys of Ari tribe walking on stilts, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Young Surma woman with body painting in front of the river, Kibish, Omo valley Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Young Surma woman with traditional body painting, Kibish, Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Football World Cup, decoration, painted house wall, football player with flag, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sleeping chamber with a painted four-poster-bed from 1850, Fuessinger House from Siebratsreute, Wolfegg Farmhouse Museum, Allgaeu, Upper Swabia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Painted figure in front of a gallery, Erlangen, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Sleeping chamber with a painted four-poster-bed from 1850, Fuessinger House from Siebratsreute, Wolfegg Farmhouse Museum, Allgaeu, Upper Swabia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Painted figure in front of a gallery, Erlangen, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

"We", sculpture by Jaume Plensa, iron letters collage, painted, Residenzgalerie art gallery at the cathedral, Salzburg, Austria, Europe

"We", sculpture by Jaume Plensa, iron letters collage, painted, Residenzgalerie art gallery at the cathedral, Salzburg, Austria, Europe