Reconstructed Viking ship in the Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Viking Oseberg ship, Haholmen, West Norway, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Replica Viking ships, Oseberg and Gaia, near Ulstenvik, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Replica Viking ships, Oseberg, West Norway, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Castell Henllys, a reconstructed Iron Age hill fort circa 600BC, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Cockerel and hens at historic cottage of Dan O'Hara, evicted by the British and forced to emigrate, Connemara, County Galway

Historic reconstruction of mushrooms growing in former troglodyte cave at Le Saut aux Loups, in the Loire Valley, France

Historic cottage of Dan O'Hara, evicted by the British and forced to emigrate, by Twelve Bens Mountains, Connemara, Ireland

Dresser in historic cottage of Dan O'Hara, evicted by the British and forced to emigrate, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland

Historic monument cottage of Dan O'Hara, evicted by the British and forced to emigrate, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland

Castell Henllys Iron Age village in the autumn, constructed by the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Salvage and reconstruction work, January 2010 earthquake damage, Port au Prince, Haiti, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Reconstructed Library of Celsus, archaeological site, Ephesus, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor

Restoration work, Arg-e Bam, Bam, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Iran, Middle East

Reconstruction efforts in Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Notre Dame Cathedral reconstruction, Paris, France, Europe

Reconstruction efforts in Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Reconstructed Library of Celsus, archaeological site, Ephesus, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor

Notre Dame Cathedral reconstruction, Paris, France, Europe

Reconstructed buildings at Mandalay Royal Palace, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Politician's house, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, Europe

Minoan jar, Malia, island of Crete, Greece, Mediterranean, Europe

Fyrkat, replica of Viking house of oak timber, Hobro, Jutland, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Columns of the Temple of Athena, under reconstruction, Assos (Behramakale), Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

View south to reconstruction, Roman settlement and fort at Vindolanda, Roman Wall south, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Iron Age Crannog Centre, Loch Tay, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Part reconstruction of wall and tower at Roman settlement and fort at Vindolanda, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Heritage Park, near Wexford, County Wexford, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Reconstructed Library of Celsus, archaeological site, Ephesus, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor

Reconstructed Library of Celsus, archaeological site, Ephesus, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor

House of Paquinius, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, Europe

Baths, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, Europe

South wall of Roman Fort at Vindolanda, looking west to reconstruction, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Europe

Indonesia laboratory testing drinking water. Photograph taken in meulaboh, aceh province -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devastated much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour. terchnician : every house well gets tested. Unicef originally helped up to support other ngos in area, helps staff salaries provides us with equipment. coordinates activities with local government. water in local wells is quite contaminated, especially with arsenic, as well as nitrates, nitrites, iron, manganese fluoride. water became salinated after tsunami. We test here both water from shallow deep wells

Indonesia mother child built in banda aceh by. Baby receiving immunization shot. Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Indonesia a kindergarten in banda aceh which lost many of children to tsunami, been rebuilt. schools director halimah anwar bustam (seen here in foreground) describes horrors suffered: area kids came from completely flattened by waves. On that fateful sunday children were in their homes, or many were already on beach having. So many died that morning. It devastating. Only we getting things back together, very grateful to helping with reconstruction of damaged building. staff give up a portion of their (already) salaries to sponsor poor children from outlying villages to come to school. structure includes offices staff, a library, prayer room wheelchair accessible classroom.__ Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Indonesia mother child built in banda aceh by. Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Indonesia growth monitoring (baby weighing) at a posyandu, or mother-child temporary health post in village of paya lumpat. Photograph taken in meulaboh, aceh province -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devastated much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Indonesia growth monitoring (baby weighing) at a posyandu, or mother-child temporary health post in village of paya lumpat. Photograph taken in meulaboh, aceh province -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devastated much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Indonesia muslim girls at a koranic -school in banda aceh. Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Shakespeares Globe Theatre, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Knowth Stone Age site, Boyne Valley, County Meath, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Rebuilding at Marysville, one of the worst affected communities of the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria, Australia, Pacific

A reconstructed Viking long house near Selfoss in Iceland, Polar Regions

An Eddie Stobart lorry chosen as the first vehicle to cross the new Workington bridge crossing the River Derwent, at the official opening, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A reconstructed Viking long house near Selfoss in Iceland, Polar Regions

Roman baths, Downtown, Beirut, Lebanon

Rafiq Hariri mausoleum, Beirut, Lebanon

Traffic Jam, in Waygand street, Downtown, Beirut, Lebanon

Martyrs sculpture and Square, monument to Lebanese nationalists killed here by the Ottomans in 1915, in background Mohammad Al-Amine Mosque, Beirut, Lebanon

Beirut Municipality, Downtown, Beirut, Lebanon

El Maarad street, in background El Nejmeh square or Star square, Downtown, Beirut, Lebanon

Martyrs sculpture and Square, monument to Lebanese nationalists killed here by the Ottomans in 1915, Beirut, Lebanon

Mohammad Al-Amine Mosque from , souk Abou Nasser street, Downtown, Beirut, Lebanon

Workers carrying buckets on yokes for removing debris from a building under renovation in Furong, China.

The Great Wall on the ridge tops above Mutinanyu, China.

Two Chinese men working on the restoration of the Great Wall at Mutianyu, China.

Two Chinese men working on the restoration of the Great Wall at Mutianyu, China.

Mohammad Al-Amine Mosque and at right Saint Georges Maronite Cathedral, Beirut, Lebanon

Two Chinese men working on the restoration of the Great Wall at Mutianyu, China.

Chinese tourists looking at the landscape from the Great Wall at Mutianyu, China.

Mohammad Al-Amine Mosque, Beirut, Lebanon

Mohammad Al-Amine Mosque from , souk Abou Nasser street, Downtown, Beirut, Lebanon

El Omari Mosque street, in background El Nejmeh square or Star square, Downtown, Beirut, Lebanon

Roman Cardo Maximus, in Roman Forum, Downtown, Beirut, Lebanon

`The warriors" sculptures by Antonio Signorini, in Samir Kassir garden or square, in background Waygand street, Downtown, Beirut, Lebanon

Classic Chinese architecture in the tiled roof of a building in Mutianyu, China.

Classic Chinese architecture in the tiled roof of a building in Mutianyu, China.

Iwate Prefecture, Japan

El Palacio Labna Yucatan Mexico

German parliament, under the glass dome of the Reichstag building by Sir Norman Foster, interior, Berlin, Germany

German parliament, under the glass dome of the Reichstag building by Sir Norman Foster, interior, Berlin, Germany

The reconstructed first church of Greenland at Qassiarsuk, the place were the first vikings with Erik the Red settled, Qassiarsuk, South Greenland

German parliament, under the glass dome of the Reichstag building by Sir Norman Foster, interior, Berlin, Germany

Reconstructed Brunswick Palace, now a shopping centre with Equestrian Monument of Friedrich Wilhelm, Brunswick, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Northern Germany

Man lifting pan with cement onto a scaffold, construction of brick houses for families whose houses were destroyed during the flood catastrophe of 2010, Lashari Wala village near Muzaffaragarh, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

Historic timber-framed houses in Hamburg, Deichstrasse, Nikolaifleet, Altstadt district, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Arthur Evans reconstruction of the North Propylaeum, Knossos, Minoan archaeological site, Crete, Greece, Europe

Ground level from the Roman period, landscape section, Varus Battle or Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, Kalkriese Museum and Park, Osnabruecker Land region, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Ground level from the Roman period, landscape section, Varus Battle or Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, Kalkriese Museum and Park, Osnabruecker Land region, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Open-air museum Heuneburg, reconstruction of a celtic settlement, Herbertingen-Hundersingen, Riedlingen, Upper Schwabia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Historic timber-framed houses in Hamburg, Deichstrasse, Nikolaifleet, Altstadt district, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Logo at the headquarters of the KfW banking group, Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, Reconstruction Loan Corporation, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, clover, motorway reconstruction, Kamener Kreuz junction of the A1 and A2 motorways, BAB-Kreuz junction, Derne, Kamen, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, clover, motorway reconstruction, Kamener Kreuz junction of the A1 and A2 motorways, BAB-Kreuz junction, Derne, Kamen, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, clover, motorway reconstruction, Kamener Kreuz junction of the A1 and A2 motorways, BAB-Kreuz junction, Derne, Kamen, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Earthquake-proof prefab home that was given to the victims of the January 2010 earthquake as part of a reconstruction programme by an international aid organisation, Palmiste-a-Vin, Leogane, Haiti, Caribbean, Central America

Escape route across the Bruecke von Andau bridge, used after the Hungarian uprising, reconstruction, the original bridge was blown up in 1956, Burgenland region, Austria, Europe

Construction of brick houses for families whose homes were destroyed during the flood catastrophe of 2010, Lashari Wala village near Muzaffaragarh, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

Indian, Omaha, dancing bonnet and hair ornament, feather, after a picture by F.A.Rinehart, 1899, Omaha are a North American Indian tribe from the Dhegiha branch of the Sioux language family, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period

Cloud Man, Assinaboines, a people of the Indians of North America, after a picture by F.A.Rinehart, 1899, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original of the time

White Swan, Crows, North American Indian tribe, after a painting by F.A.Rinehart, 1899, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period

Spies On The Enemy, Chief with feather headdress, Crow, North American Indian tribe, after a painting by F.A.Rinehart, 1899, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period

Chief Goes To War, Chief Hollow Horn Bear, two chiefs with feather headdresses, Sioux, North American Indian people, after a painting by F.A.Rinehart, 1899, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period

Little Bear, Chief of the Arapahoe, after a painting by F.A.Rinehart, 1899, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period

Man of the Kiowa tribe, after a picture by F.A.Rinehart, 1899, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period

Chief with feather headdress from the Arapahoe tribe, after a picture by F.A.Rinehart, 1899, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period

Josh, Chief of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, after a painting by F.A.Rinehart, 1899, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period

Indians, Yellow Magpie, Arapahoe, after a picture by F.A.Rinehart, 1899, Arapaho or Arapahoe are an Indian people of North America and belonged as nomadic Plains Indians to the cultural area of the Prairies and Plains, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from that time