Dream Lake and Marco Polo Agali skull, Kakshaal Too mountains, Tian Shan at the Chinese border, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Asia

Skull from a short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala Macrorhynchus), Urbina Beach, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Day of the Dead, San Diego, California, United States of America, North America

Skulls and bones that line the halls of the Catacombs, Paris, France, Europe

Skull Image, handicrafts for sale, Artisan Market, Mexico City, Mexico, North America

Skull Image, handicrafts for sale, Artisan Market, Mexico City, Mexico, North America

Buffalo skulls and bones in the Museum of the UNESCO Site of Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump, Alberta, Canada, North America

Detail, Mayan ruins, Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, Central America

Day of the Dead, San Diego, California, United States of America, North America

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Ceramic Skulls, handicrafts for sale, Artisan Market, Mexico City, Mexico, North America

Young girl carrying sibling in cloth papoose outside traditionally constructed palm thatch house, with Mithun skulls, Nagaland, India, Asia

Day of the Dead, San Diego, California, United States of America, North America

Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) skull, Zimanga Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa

Some of the 9000 skulls, The Killing Fields, Choeung Ek, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buffalo skull, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Human skull on display, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Some of the 9000 skulls, The Killing Fields, Choeung Ek, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Door with skulls, Purgatory Church, in the Sassi area of Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Europe

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Cracked earth and cattle skull in the Outback of South Australia, Australia, Pacific

An Asmat man sleeping with his head resting on a skull in Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Monkey skulls embedded in mud wall to protect against evil spirits, Dogon village of Telle, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mali, Africa

Inca cemetery, near Nazca, Peru, South America

Human remains preserved over 500 years, Chauchilla cemetery, Nazca, Peru, South America

Hemis National Park in winter, Ladakh, India, Asia

Shop, Madrid, former mining town in the Ortiz Mountains, Turquoise Trail, New Mexico, United States of America, North America

Encuento Nacional de Danza Mexica Cultural Show, Cholula, Puebla State, Mexico, North America

Cave of skulls and bones, Opdas Cave Mass Burial, 500-1000 years old, Kabayan Town, The Cordillera Mountains, Benguet Province, Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Lac Assal, the lowest point on the African continent and the most saline body of water on earth, Djibouti, Africa

Buddhist prayer beads, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia

Close-up of Jew wearing shawl, skull cap and phylactery and holding a book, praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Nocte tribe house, Tirap area, Arunachal Pradesh state, India, Asia

Wheel of Samsara, Dashang Kagyu Ling congregation, Temple of the Thousand Buddhas, La Boulaye, Bourgogne, France, Europe

Akodessewa fetish market, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Steer skulls for sale, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America, North America

Human remains in a cemetery in the Nazca desert, Peru, South America

Nazca desert cemetery, Peru, South America

The Paris catacombs, Paris, France, Europe

Voodoo temple, Hadagon, Zou, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Detail of Buddhist temple, McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh state, India, Asia

Day of the Dead sweets, in the market, Zaachila, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

A camel skull at the royal cemetery of Nuri, burial place of King Taharqa, ancient ruler of the Kingdom of Kush, Karima, Sudan, Africa

Skull of Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Carvings of skulls on the Tzompantli, Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Tantric paintings on doors at Tongren Monastery, Qinghai, China, Asia

The Paris catacombs, Paris, France, Europe

Human remains preserved over 500 years at the Chauchilla cemetery at Nazca, Peru, South America

Memorial with shelves inside holding 9000 skulls, The Killing Fields, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Mayan skull and Rosalila temple replica, Museum of Sculpture, Copan Ruins, Honduras, Central America

Cave tomb at Londa, Toraja area, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Sugar skull decorations for the Day of the Dead festival, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, North America

Trophy skulls from headhunting hang on display in a Longhouse gallery in Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Sugar skulls, Day of the Dead, Mexico, North America

A camel skull at the royal cemetery of Nuri, burial place of King Taharqa, ancient ruler of the Kingdom of Kush, Karima, Sudan, Africa

Mosaic of skull depicting Stipendium peccati mors (the wages of sin is death) in Fourvi?re basilica, Lyon, Rhone, France, Europe

Skeleton of hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Inca cemetery near Nazca, Peru, South America

Cave tomb at Londa, Toraja area, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

A camel skull at the royal cemetery of Nuri, burial place of King Taharqa, ancient ruler of the Kingdom of Kush, Karima, Sudan, Africa

Erosion pattern, Uluru (Ayers Rock), UNESCO World heritage Site, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

The Ossuary in Sedlec, Kutna Hora, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Czech Republic, Europe

House of national artist Thawan Duchanee, Chiang Rai, Northern Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

The Genocide Museum, a former school that Pol Pot used to torture, imprisonment and execution, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Skull and bones, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Buddha Park, Xieng Khuan, Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Valletta, Malta, Europe

Wall tombs near Rantepao, Toraja area, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Nepal. Sonam & boom praying at charnel grounds. Humla. Vajrayana is tantric mahasiddha, lives fearlessly in terrifying places like remote jungles charnel grounds. nyingma lamas perform ritual at cremation grounds. lama rattles damaru, a small ritual drum to have origins in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bones dried human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. other lama, boom blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers

Nepal. Ritual, sonam/boom. Lobsangs cremation. Humla. traveler reached of journey! In freedom of infinite he is free from sorrow, fetters that bound thrown away, burning fever of life is no more,oesays dharmapada. Lobsang having spent whole life preparing moment of death, finds liberation on february 14, 1986. Extensive ritual follows cremation-traditionally a forty nine period, sonam lama rattles damaru. A small ritual drum to have origin in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bone dreid human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. Boom lama blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers. On makeshift altar rest chhome, votive lamps filled with butter, cups of water, grains, tormas, holy food made of barley meal decorated with medallions of butter offered to gods. Alone, boom lama continues prayers of deceased

A warning sign about the presence of Argentinian mines on the Falkands, left over from the 1980's Falklands conflict when Argentina invaded the islands.

Brazil, Salvador De Bahia, Historic Quarter Of Pelourinho, The Baroque Igreja (Church) Sao Francisco Built In Xviii Th Century, Stone Facade With Statue Of The Saint Holding A Skull

Cambodia the killing fields national memorial, phnom penh. skulls of victims killed by khmer rouge

Honduras stone head at copan mayan ruins

Cambodia skulls of people murdered by the khmer rouge, at the killing fields national monument, pnom penh

Wadi al Hitan, Faiyum, Egypt. February 20, 2022. Fossil whale skull in the museum at Wadi el-Hitan paleontological site.

Wadi al Hitan, Faiyum, Egypt. February 20, 2022. Fossil skull of a paleomastodon elephant in the museum at Wadi el-Hitan paleontological site.

Wadi al Hitan, Faiyum, Egypt. February 20, 2022. Fossil whale skull in the museum at Wadi el-Hitan paleontological site.

Wadi al Hitan, Faiyum, Egypt. February 20, 2022. Whale fossil in the museum at Wadi el-Hitan paleontological site.

Castroville, Texas, USA. April 12, 2021. Cow skull leaning against historic building in the Texas hill country.

Castroville, Texas, USA. April 12, 2021. Cow skull leaning against historic building in the Texas hill country.

Europe, Portugal, Evora. April 20, 2022. The Chapel of Bones in Evora.

Wadi al Hitan, Faiyum, Egypt. February 20, 2022. Whale skull fossil in the museum at Wadi el-Hitan paleontological site.

Brazil, Salvador De Bahia.Ancient Pelourinho Neighbourhood.Statue Of San Francisco Holding A Skull. Sao Francisco Church

Memorial tower full of 9000 skulls, the Killing Fields, Cambodia

Wadi al Hitan, Faiyum, Egypt. February 20, 2022. Whale skull fossil in the museum at Wadi el-Hitan paleontological site.

Wadi al Hitan, Faiyum, Egypt. February 20, 2022. Fossil crocodile skull in the museum at Wadi el-Hitan paleontological site.

Wadi al Hitan, Faiyum, Egypt. February 20, 2022. Fossil crocodile skull in the museum at Wadi el-Hitan paleontological site.

Castroville, Texas, USA. Cow skull leaning against historic building in the Texas hill country.

A Hindu shrine in Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Usa, Arizona, Kayenta Market, Navajo Stall

A Hindu shrine in Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Chretien, Rome, Italy

A Hindu shrine in Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Usa, Arizona, Kayenta Navajo Market