Asia Collection (page 8)

Body of a Malayan Terrorist trussed to a stake
Photograph: the body of a Malayan Terrorist trussed to a stake, brought in by a British patrol, 1952. Associated with Malaya (1948-1957). Date: 1952

Sidamara Sarcophagus. 2nd-3rd century AD. Hunting scene. Detail. Marble. Roman Period. Ambararasi (Konya). Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey

2nd Century AD 3rd Ambararasi Ancient Age Romans
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2nd Century BC Acropolis Altar Ancient Age Antiquity
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Byzantine Art. Syria. Al Bara (al-kafr). Dead Towns. Decorative detail in the Mausoleum-Pyramid. Western Asia

5th Century AD Al Bara Al-Kafr Archaeological
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Byzantine Art. Syria. Basilica of St. Simeon (476-491). Around Aleppo. Arquitectural detail. Western Asia

Byzantine Art. Serjilla. Chi Rho. Syria. Western Asia
Byzantine Art. Serjilla. Relief of Chi Rho. Syria. Western Asia

Byzantine Art. Syria. Rueiha. Dead towns. Arc detail. Middle East. Asia

13th Minnesota Volunteers 19th Century 1899 Aguinaldo
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Pergamon Altar. Telephos Frieze. Detail
Pergamon Altar. 164-156 BC. Telephos Frieze. Detail. Battle by the river Kaikos. Two Scythian warriors, sons of river-god Istros, fall in battle. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Returning from a hunt in the Caucasus, a region at the border of Europe and Asia Date: 1913

Tomb of Mughal Emperor Humayun, Delhi, India
Tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun (1508-1556), Delhi, India, built in the 16th century (left distance). Date: circa 1832

Illustration, A Song of the English, Calcutta
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). Calcutta -- Me the Sea-captain loved, the River built

Cremating bodies at the waterside, India. Date: circa 1890s

Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur, Karnataka, India
Gol Gumbaz (Gumbadh, Gombadh), Bijapur, Karnataka, India. It is the mausoleum of Mohammed Adil Shah, Sultan of Bijapur, completed in the 17th century. The name means rose dome. Date: circa 1890s

Wood for cremations, Benares (Varanasi), India
Wood piled up in preparation for cremations at Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1890s

Tower of Silence, Bombay (Mumbai), India
Tower of Silence (Dakhmeh), Bombay (Mumbai), India. Date: circa 1890s

Mausoleum of Akbar, Sikandara, Agra, India
Mausoleum of Akbar the Great, Sikandara, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1890s

Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri, India
The 16th century tomb of Sheikh Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1890s

Sukarno, First President of Indonesia
Sukarno (Kusno Sosrodihardjo, 1901-1970), first President of Indonesia from 1945 to 1967. Date: circa 1940s

Wat Chana Songkhram, Old Sukhothai, Thailand
The Wat Chana Songkhram Buddhist temple in Old Sukhothai, Thailand. The bell-shaped chedi (tomb) is in Singhalese style. Viewed across a lily pond with bright pink flowers in bloom. Date: 2005

Burial containers, Xieng Khouang, Laos
Burial containers in the Plain of Jars at Xieng Khouang, Phonsavan, Laos. Thousands of these stone jars lie scattered throughout the Xieng Khouang plain in the Lao Highlands -- archaeologists believe

Wat Mahathat, Old Sukhothai, Thailand
View of the Wat Mahathat, the largest temple in Old Sukhothai, Thailand, with a bell-shaped chedi (tomb) on the left and a seated Buddha figure next to it. Date: 2005

Khyber Pass - Dead Afghan Frontier Raider
The Khyber Pass - the mountain pass that links Pakistan and Afghanistan. Throughout history it has been an important trade route between Central Asia and South Asia and a strategic military location

Admiral Graf Von Spee 1914
Admiral Graf Von Spee (1861 1914), naval officer of the German Kaiserliche Marine, Died on the 8 December 1914, on SMS Scharnhorst, South Atlantic, off the Falkland Islands. Date: 1914

Burmese women rolling leaf tobacco into cigars. Date: 1908

SVEN HEDIN TO TIBET - 3
The expedition sets out by camel caravan across the Gobi Desert : due to inadequate planning, all but Hedin and two companions die of thirst. Date: 1899-1900

Burmese dancers Date: 1916

Burmese snake charmers Date: 1916

Map Asia Palestine Bible Maps 1st Century Ad
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CIVIL WAR/CHINA/MASSACRE
Massacres take place in China. The rebels employ anti-Qing and anti-foreign slogans and attack foreign churches. Date: 1891

CHINESE ROYALS IN STATE
The bodies of the dowager empress TZU-HSI and the emperor KUANG-HSU, murdered by her orders, lie in state in the Pavilion of Imperial Longevity at Peking Date: November 1908

BOXER REBELLION The Allied navies come to the rescue of the besieged legations in Peking Date: 1900

Snake charmers in Burma. Date: circa 1916

Francisco Javier, miracle at Travancore, India
Francisco Javier (or Xavier) (1506-1552), Spanish Jesuit missionary in Asia. Seen here as a missionary at Travancore, India -- to convince people of God's power

Inflammatory posters during the Boxer Rebellion
Inflammatory posters are put up on the walls during the Boxer Rebellion to incite the populace - Death to the foreigners !

Missionary Francis Xavier in Japan
Francis Xavier brings a dead man to life Date: circa 1550

Missionary Pedro de Alcala in Formosa
Pedro de Alcala baptises three Formosan criminals, comforting them as they die slowly and painfully on the scaffold Date: circa 1685

Diplomatic visit between British Navy and a Chinese Provincial Governor. Date: 1887

Rioting in Canton, 1883
The rioting in Canton - Shamien, the foreign settlement, the scene of the recent disturbance. 1. river frontage, 2. foreign consular offices, 3. English church, 4. bridge approach to settlement, 5

Snake-Charmers in India
Snake-charmers handle the cobra with impunity as they play their instruments. Date: late 1890s

Defeat of the Retrievers of the Kings Glory, Melloon, Burma, during the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-1826). Date: 1826

Surrender of Pondicherry (Puducherry), India, after a siege lasting from 4 September 1760 to 15 January 1761, part of the Third Carnatic War

Sardis, city of Croesus, an early home of Christianity, Asia Minor

Mitylene, Port of Lesbos, looking east over Aegean Sea
Mitylene, Port of Lesbos, looking east over the Aegean Sea towards Asia Minor

British Troops entering Multan, during the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-1849), 22 January 1849. Date: 1849

Battle of Ferozeshah, India, during the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-1846), 21-22 December 1845. Date: 1845

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