Detail of the west facade, 8th century Buddhist site of Borobudur, UNESCO World Heritage Site, island of Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

The 8th century S. Benedetto church which houses a famous fresco, in the village of Malles Venosta, below Reschen Pass, Western Dolomites, Italy, Europe

Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Syria

Detail of Terracotta funerary krater. Greek, Attic, Geometric, ca. 725 B.C. Atributed to the Trachones Workshop.

Borobudur Buddhist Temple Java Indonesia

Tunnel of Torii Gates, Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Japan

Castle ruins Castrum Sigerici from the 8th century, Castrojeriz, Camino Frances, Way of St. James, Camino de Santiago, pilgrims way, UNESCO World Heritage, European Cultural Route, province of Burgos, Old Castile, Castile-Leon, Castilla y Leon, Northern Spain, Spain, Europe

Cill Ghobnait, 8th century, church ruin, Inishere Island, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Cill Ghobnait, 8th century, church ruin, Inishere Island, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Sailing boats in front of the tower of the Benedictine Monastery dating from the 8th Century on Fraueninsel, Women's Island, Lake Chiemsee, Chiemgau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Church Santa Maria in Valle, 8th century, probably a Lombard Palatine chapel, Cividale, Friuli, Italy, Europe

Cill Ghobnait, 8th century, church ruin and grave, Inishere Island, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Tower of the Benedictine Monastery dating from the 8th Century on Fraueninsel, Women's Island, Lake Chiemsee, Chiemgau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Sailing boats in front of the tower of the Benedictine Monastery dating from the 8th Century on Fraueninsel, Women's Island, Lake Chiemsee, Chiemgau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Church Santa Maria in Valle, 8th century, probably a Lombard Palatine chapel, Cividale, Friuli, Italy, Europe

Gallarus Oratory, stone church, 6th to 8th Century, Dingle Penisula, County Kerry, Ireland, Europe

Church Santa Maria in Valle, 8th century, probably a Lombard Palatine chapel, Cividale, Friuli, Italy, Europe

Tower of the Benedictine Monastery dating from the 8th Century on Fraueninsel, Women's Island, Lake Chiemsee, Chiemgau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Gallarus Oratory, stone church, 6th to 8th Century, Dingle Penisula, County Kerry, Ireland, Europe

Church and plaza. In the 8th century BC, an Illyrian tribe known as the Liburnians, great sailors and merchants, first settled the area, and the city of Jadera, today known as Zadar, Croatia.

Two male tourists inside of Umayyad Palace, Amman, Jordan

Ruins Of The Grand Mosque Of Harran, Harran, Turkey