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Trulli houses in Alberobello, Italy. Very distinctive white cylindrical buildings with grey slate roofs. circa 1960s
Nude in the style of Jean Agelou (French). Date: circa 1920
Phoenician art. Cyprus. Bust of a bearded man. 6th century BC. Archaic Period. Limestone. It comes from Golgoi (Cyprus). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States
Women rice planters walk along a road to work in BaliFive young women rice planters walk along a road to work in Bali, Indonesia. They wear Asian conican straw hats. Some of the girls are barefoot. Date: circa 1985
Advert for Festival of Britain constructional engineersAdvertisement for constructional engineers, Horseley Bridge and Thomas Piggott Ltd and Carter-Horseley (Engineers) Ltd, who built some of the structures for the Festival of Britain exhibition
Syria - Village Street near Aleppo Date: circa 1920s
Man and Woman of the Congo. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century
Modelling underwear - girdle with suspenders and conical bra. The live modelling of underwear was very unusual at this stage, so this shoot (and other contenporary shoots) were quite ground-breaking
Congo - Mangbetu Village, Ekibondo - Decorated hutCongo - Mangbetu Village, Ekibondo - a Decorated hut with conical thatched roof. Date: circa 1920s
Building Huts - Rumbek, Bahr-el-Ghazal, Sudan. Date: circa 1909
History of Africa. Native Bondei people of BondeHistory of Africa. 19th century. Native Bondei people of Bonde. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre
Turkey. Constantinople - Topkapi Palace or SeraglioTurkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Topkapi Palace or Seraglio (Royal residence) from the Golden Horn. Engraving by Lemaitre, Fleury and Lalaisse
Turkey. Constantinople. Galata TowerOttoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Galata Tower or Tower of Christ. It was buit in 1348 during an expansion of the Genoese colony in Constantinople
Grand Vizier, Kaim-Mekam, Reis Efendi and KhadjedhianTurkey. Administration of the Ottoman Empire. From left to right: Grand Vizier, Kaim-Mekam, Reis Efendi and Khadjedhian, member of the Divan. Historia de Turquia, 1840
Ottoman Empire. Turkey - Grand Vizier, Kaim-MekamTurkey. Administration of the Ottoman Empire. From left to right: Grand Vizier, Kaim-Mekam, Reis Efendi and Khadjedhian, member of the Divan. Historia de Turquia, 1840
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nutka) culture. Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast in Canada. Hat made of vegetable fiber. Last third of the 18th century. Vancouver Island, Canada
Man and woman of Cacongo, on the coast of Loango, 1818. (Angola, West Africa). The man carries a small round wooden boat on his back, and another man climbs a palm tree behind him
Dapper Regency ladTorso of a young Regency man wearing a brown great coat with capes and a black conical hat. Artist: Frances Brundage Date: 1903
Native Americans of the NorthwestChugach man of Prince Williams Sound in conical decorated hat, nose ornament, and labrets of walrus ivory in his lower lip
Woman of the court of Rene I of Naples, 1409-1480Woman of the court of Rene d Anjou or Rene I of Naples, 1409-1480. She wears tall hennin conical hat with veil, red velvet dress over green petticoat
Lady in waiting to Isabelle of Bavaria, wife of King Charles VI, 1389. She wears a tall conical bonnet with long veil, necklace, and gold dress with high waist and ermine hem, crakows or poulaines
Berber musicians of the Bey of Tunis and comedians, 1828Costumes of the Berber musicians of the Bey of Tunis, and comedians or Saitari, Tunisia, 1828. Musicans playing tabi drums, cymbals, Taghanimt flute and nafir horn
Costumes of the Vietnamese, circa 1800Costumes of the Vietnamese: woman in layered tunics of various colors at left, man with parasol, woman in conical hat with pipe, soldier with sabre and shield, etc
Helmets and armour of the 14th century. Conical helm 1, trellis helm 2, round helm 3, frogmouth helm with visor 4, chainmail and surcoat 5, and breastplate with lance rest 6
Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Danish, Sir Hugh BardulfAnglo-Saxon warrior chief in tunic and conical helmet 1, Anglo-Danish soldiers in chainmail armour 2, the knight Sir Hugh Bardulf in chainmail armour 13th century 3
Costume of the late 15th century, from a scene of murderCostume of the late 15th century from a scene of murder: men in skrimp doublets, padded shoulders, tight sleeves, hats with a single feather and high boots
Freneuse, France - The PigeonAn 18th century Manorial Dovecote (" pigeonnier seigneurial" ) at Freneuse a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. Date: circa 1910s
Smart young couple sat on the beach in deckchairsCandid seaside photograph of a smart young couple sat on the beach in deckchairs before a row of delightful beach huts with conical roofs. circa 1920s
Osorno Volcano, Chile, South AmericaOsorno Volcano - a 2652m (8, 701 ft) tall conical stratovolcano lying between Osorno Province and Llanquihue Province, in Los Lagos Region of Chile
Housebuilders in Uganda, Africa. Date: circa 1907
Great Zimbabwe - The Conical TowerThe majestic remains of a once-thriving trading civilisation who were the ancestors of the Shona peoples of Zimbabwe. Date: circa 1940s
Ethiopian Noblewoman with two attendants carrying possessions in two ornate baskets with conical lids. Date: late 1930s
Pointy Medieval HatA medieval fancy dress costume showing the late 14th century French fashion of the Hennin or steeple headdress worn with a veil. Date: 1930s
Traditional Cambodian Dancers. The Royal Ballet of Cambodia is a form of performing arts established in the royal courts of Cambodia for the purpose of entertainment as well as ceremonial
Bribri Indian Shaman & Conical House, Costa RicaThe Head Shaman of the Bribri People of the Talamanca Province, Costa Rica - pictured in front of the Conical House. The Bribri spiritual practice is centred on the conical house
Thatcheria mirabilis, Japanese wonder shellThis spectacularly spiralling shellfish is a member of the Turrid family who catch their prey by harpooning them with a modified radula (tooth) and poisoning them with a nerve toxin
Offerng female Iberian sculpture. 2nd-3rd centuries BCFemale Iberian sculpture in offering attitude, carrying a offering glass. 2nd-3rd centuries BC. Limestone. Robed and veiled conical miter
Camel caravan passing through Kafar Tkerime nr Aleppo, SyriaA Camel caravan passing the interesting conical houses at the village of Kafar Tkerime near Aleppo, Syria. They were built in this style to remain cool during the hot summer months. Date: circa 1950s
Engraved Jacobite airtwist drinking glass, 1760 (c). The bell bowl is engraved with an open thistle and two buds and a single moth, on a double-knopped mufti-spiral airtwist stem and conical foot
A Girl from Rattvik in traditional costume - SwedenA Girl from Rattvik, Rattvik Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden - in traditional costume. Date: 1922
Beehive Houses - village of Kafar Tkerime nr Aleppo, SyriaInteresting conical houses at the village of Kafar Tkerime near Aleppo, Syria. Built in this style to remain cool during the hot summer months. Date: circa 1930s
The Mausoleum - St-Remy-de-Provence, FranceMausoleum of the Julii (about 40 BCE) - One of les Antiques - two amazingly well-preserved structures at the site of the Roman City of Glanum at Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France. Date: 1927
Burmese Princess in Traditional costume (State Robes). Date: circa 1903
Berlin Gold Hat. Fine gold leaf. 1000 BCBerlin Gold Hat. Thin gold leaf. Late Bronze Age. 1000 BC. Detail. Unknown origin, probably South Germany. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany
Mevlana Museum. TurkeyMevlana Museum at the Mevlana Monastery, of the dervishes monks. Exterior. Konya. Turkey
Syria. Damascus. Ottoman architecture. The Tekkiye Mosque. Built on the orders of Suleiman the Magnificent and designed by the architect Mimar Sinan between 1554 and 1560
Lillehammer, Norway - Hollow Tree Trunk Room now in the Maihaugen open air museum. Historically thought to have been used for some form of counterfeiting (note the printing press inside)
Party hats at the dining table - Christmas Day 1950sA superb photograph showing a Father and Grandmother wearing conical (and comical!) party hats at the dining table on Christmas Day, early 1950s. Date: early 1950s