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Tattoo - Indian woman's hands decorated with mehndi, Varanasi, India

Illustration - Fireworks in Otranto for the centenary of the city, Puglia (Italy) from L'Illustrazione Italiana, 1880

Folklore - Basotho man on horseback, Lesotho

Snakes and Reptiles - Madagascar Giant Chameleon (Furcifer verrucosus), Chamaeleonidae. Fort Dauphin, Madagascar

Maya - The Great Acropolis, archaeological site of Edzna, Campeche, Mexico

Contemporary Architecture - E1-E2 building and UniCredit Pavilion (IBM Studios), Piazza Gae Aulenti complex, Milan, Italy

Orchids - Speckled Orchid Hybrid, Orchidaceae, Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, Brazil

Ancient Egypt - Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Tutankhamon - Treasures of Tutankhamon

Portraits - Aborigine, Australia

Historical reenactment - Napoleonic wars, 19th century

Blue - Citrus fruit, flowers and birds on a blue background, decorative detail from a table, Caltagirone, Sicily

Botany Pattern - Leaf underside, Cuba

Workers - Cartographer of the Hydrographic Institute of Genoa (Italy), 1936

Board Games -  Two men playing dominoes, near Atbara, Sudan

Maps - Carta del Cantino, 1502. Detail: Western Africa, 16th century