Gavin Hellier / Giant monolithic stone Maoi statues at Rano Raraku, Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile, South America 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Ancient carved stone heads of the gods, the god Antiochus, Nemrut Dagi (Nemrut Dag), on the summit of Mount Nemrut, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Anakena beach, monolithic giant stone Moai statues of Ahu Nau Nau, four of which have topknots, Isla de Pascua / Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile 2008
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Kirkendall-Spring / Puako Petroglyphs near the Holoholokai Beach Park on the South Kohala area of the Big Island. The Big Island of Hawaii, USA, December 2008
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Inaki Relanzon / Details of teak wood carvings in Shwenandaw Kyaung Monastery, Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar, Burma. August 2009
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Inaki Relanzon / Details of teak wood carvings in Shwenandaw Kyaung Monastery, Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar, Burma. August 2009
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Jack Dykinga / Signal Hill petroglyphs at sunset with Saguaro Cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) and Tucson Mountains in the background, Saguaro National Monument, Arizona, USA
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Gavin Hellier / Portrait of Moai statue Ahu Ko Te riku, the only topknotted and eyeballed Moai on the Island, Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Moai statue Ahu Ko Te riku, the only topknotted and eyeballed Moai on the Island, Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Moai statue Ahu Ko Te riku, the only topknotted and eyeballed Moai on the Island, Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Moai statue at night Ahu Ko Te riku, the only topknotted and eyeballed Moai on the Island, Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Profile of a lone monolithic giant stone Moai statue at Tongariki, Isla de Pascua / Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Ahu Tongariki, the largest ahu on the Island, Tongariki is a row of 15 giant stone Moai statues, Isla de Pascua / Easter Island, Chile 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Ahu Tongariki, the largest ahu on the Island, Tongariki is a row of 15 giant stone Moai statues, Isla de Pascua / Easter Island, Chile 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Ahu Tongariki, the largest ahu on the Island, Tongariki is a row of 15 giant stone Moai statues, Isla de Pascua / Easter Island, Chile 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Woman looking at the giant stone Moai statues of Ahu Nau Nau on Anakena beach, Isla de Pascua / Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Woman looking at the giant stone Moai statues of Ahu Nau Nau on Anakena beach, Isla de Pascua / Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Woman looking at the giant stone Moai statues of Ahu Nau Nau on Anakena beach, Isla de Pascua / Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Moai statue Ahu Ko Te riku, the only topknotted and eyeballed Moai on the Island at night, Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Moai statue Ahu Ko Te riku, the only topknotted and eyeballed Moai on the Island, Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Moai statue Ahu Ko Te riku, the only topknotted and eyeballed Moai on the Island, Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Moai statue Ahu Ko Te riku, the only topknotted and eyeballed Moai on the Island, Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Moai statue Ahu Ko Te riku, the only topknotted and eyeballed Moai on the Island at dusk, Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Giant monolithic stone Maoi statues at Rano Raraku, Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile, South America 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Ancient carved stone heads of the gods, head of Zeus, Nemrut Dagi (Nemrut Dag), on the summit of Mount Nemrut, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Ancient carved stone heads of the gods, the god Antiochus, Nemrut Dagi (Nemrut Dag), on the summit of Mount Nemrut, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Ancient carved stone heads of the gods, the god Antiochus, Nemrut Dagi (Nemrut Dag), on the summit of Mount Nemrut, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Ancient carved stone heads of the gods, Nemrut Dagi (Nemrut Dag), on the summit of Mount Nemrut, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Ancient carved stone heads of the gods, Nemrut Dagi (Nemrut Dag), on the summit of Mount Nemrut, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Giant stone Moai statues of Ahu Nau Nau on Anakena beach, Isla de Pascua / Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Giant monolithic stone Maoi statue at Rano Raraku, Isla de Pascua / Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile, 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Ahu Tongariki, the largest ahu on the Island, Tongariki is a row of 15 giant stone Moai statues, Isla de Pascua / Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile, 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Ahu Tongariki, the largest ahu on the Island, Tongariki is a row of 15 giant stone Moai statues, Isla de Pascua / Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile, 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Ahu Tongariki, the largest ahu on the Island, Tongariki is a row of 15 giant stone Moai statues, Isla de Pascua / Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile, 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Moai statue Ahu Ko Te riku, the only topknotted and eyeballed Moai on the Island, illuminated at sunrise, Isla de Pascua, Rapa Nui, Chile, 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Ahu Tongariki, the largest ahu on the Island, Tongariki is a row of 15 giant stone Moai statues, Isla de Pascua / Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Ahu Tongariki, the largest ahu on the Island, one of the Tongariki row of 15 giant Moai statues, only this one still has a topknot in place, Isla de Pascua / Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile, 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Moai statue Ahu Ko Te riku, the only topknotted and eyeballed Moai on the Island, Rapa Nui, Easter Island, Chile, 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Giant monolithic stone Moai statues at Rano Raraku, Rapa Nui, Easter Island, Chile, 2008
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Gavin Hellier / Buddhist monk walking past Ta Phrohm Temple, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia 2010
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Gavin Hellier / Buddhist monk walking by the Bayon Temple, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia 2010
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Gavin Hellier / The Bayon Temple, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia 2010
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Gavin Hellier / The Bayon Temple, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia 2010
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Jabruson / Dropped into the ocean or washed overboard, abandoned hardwood tree trunks wash ashore along Gabon's Atlantic seaboard. These disrupt nests and nesting behaviour of sea turtles along the entire length...
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / * REPEAT Rock engravings in the Coa valley archaeological reserve, near the Faia Brava reserve and Rewilding Europe area, Portugal
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / * REPEAT Rock engravings in the Coa valley archaeological reserve, near the Faia Brava reserve and Rewilding Europe area, Portugal
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Jabruson / Ivory carvings on sale at market vendor in Banghi, Central African Republic. Aimed at tourists and religious missionaries, the ivory comes from African Forest Elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) a...
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Ancient rock carving of an auroch, Coa valley Archaeological park, Portugal
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Ancient rock carving of an auroch, Coa valley Archaeological park, Portugal
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Ancient rock carving of an auroch, Coa valley Archaeological park, Portugal
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Ancient rock carving of a tarpan horse, Coa valley Archaeological park, Portugal
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Ancient rock carving of iberian ibex, Coa valley Archaeological Park, Portugal
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Stone carving of Iberian lynx on Cathedral, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Rock engravings carvings in the Coa valley Archaeological Reserve, near the Faia Brava Reserve and Rewilding Europe Area, Portugal
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / An image of Buddha and a cobra engraved in stone Somapura Mahavihara Buddhist Monastery, Paharpur. World Heritage, UNESCO. Bangladesh, June 2012.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Buddhist prayers on stone, Annapurna Conservation Area, Himalayas, Nepal, October 2009.
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Philippe Clement / Viewpoint with sign depicting a Red kite (Milvus milvus) for watching birds of prey at the Col du Soulor, Hautes-Pyrenees, Pyrenees, France, June 2012
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Jack Dykinga / Panels of rock carving depicting African wildlife, World Heritage site, Twyfelfontein, Damaraland, Namibia
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Jack Dykinga / Panels of rock carving depicting African wildlife, World Heritage site, Twyfelfontein, Damaraland, Namibia
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Jack Dykinga / Panels of rock carving depicting African wildlife, World Heritage site, Twyfelfontein, Damaraland, Namibia
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Pete Oxford / Cabello de Paris Bronze (Paris Gentleman) outside Basilica Menor y Convento de San Francisco de Asis Old Havana, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cuba, Caribbean, 2011
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Kiawak Ashoona, an internationally acclaimed Inuit carver from Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada, 2002. Editorial use only.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Copy of rock carving of a reindeer from the Alta area of North Norway.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Polar bear and cubs carved from walrus ivory. Thule, Northwest Greenland.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Four walrus ivory carved Billiken figurines from Uelen. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Figure of inuit hunter fighting polar bear carved from walrus ivory. Thule, Northwest Greenland.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Ivory carving of native Siberian couple riding on a snowmobile. Tobolsk, Siberia, Russia.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Polar bear figure carved from walrus ivory. Thule, Northwest Greenland.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Three decorated buttons carved from mammoth ivory and used on traditional Dolgan clothing. Central Siberia, Russia.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Ivory carving of Chukchi driving a reindeer sled. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Greenlandic Tupilak figure made from walrus ivory and polar bear fur. Thule, Northwest Greenland.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dogs, dogsled and figures carved in walrus ivory by the famous Magsanguassuaq. Qaanaaq, Northwest Greenland.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Elaborately engraved herd of Walrus on a small walrus ivory tusk. Uelen, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.
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Angelo Gandolfi / A totem-like head carved in an ancient Sweet Chestnut tree (Castanea sativa) Corsica island, France, February 2010
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Harpoon stabiliser carved from Walrus ivory (circa 1000 BC - 1000 AD) Bering Strait, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Miniature ritual mask carved from Walrus ivory (circa 1000 BC - 1000 AD) Bering Strait, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Harpoon heads carved from Walrus ivory (circa 1000 BC - 1000 AD) Bering Strait, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Harpoon heads carved from Walrus ivory (circa 1000 BC - 1000 AD) Bering Strait, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Koryak reindeer / caribou herder's idols which protect the owner's reindeer. Koryakia, Kamchatka, Siberia, Russia, 1999.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Ritual zoomorphic sculpture in Walrus ivory (circa 1000 BC - 1000 AD) Bering Strait, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Ritual zoomorphic sculpture in Walrus ivory (circa 1000 BC - 1000 AD) Bering Strait, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.
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Christophe Courteau / Rock carvings of wild animals including giraffe and lion made by the San / bushman people, approx 2000 years old, Twyfelfontein, Damaraland. Namibia, August 2009
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Christophe Courteau / Rock carvings of wild animals including giraffe and lion made by the San / bushman people, approx 2000 years old, Twyfelfontein, Damaraland. Namibia, August 2009
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Tiny carved ivory figure of bird, approximately 2000 years old, believed to originate from Dorset culture. Igloolik Island, Nunavut, Canada, 1992.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Tiny carved ivory figure of harpoon head, approximately 2000 years old, believed to originate from Dorset culture. Igloolik Island, Nunavut, Canada, 1992.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Tiny carved ivory figure of woman, approximately 2000 years old, believed to originate from Dorset culture. Igloolik Island, Nunavut, Canada, 1992.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Tiny carved ivory figure of seal, approximately 2000 years old, believed to originate from Dorset culture. Igloolik Island, Nunavut, Canada, 1992.
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David Woodfall / Taj Mahal, fish eye lens, tomb of Humayun, Uttar Pradesh, India, November 2008
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Kirkendall-Spring / Ki'i wooden images stand guard in front of a temple and mausoleum at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historic Park on the Big Island. The Big Island of Hawaii, USA, December 2008
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Kirkendall-Spring / Ki'i / wooden images stand watch at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historic Park. The Big Island of Hawaii, USA, December 2008
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Doug Allan / Stone carvings / Moai at Orongo, Easter Island, South Pacific, October 2009
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Doug Allan / Stone carvings / Moai at Orongo, Easter Island, South Pacific, October 2009
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Inaki Relanzon / Detail of carvings within a temple in Old Bagan, UNESCO World Heritage, Mandalay State, Myanmar, Burma September 2009
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Inaki Relanzon / Interior of Kuthodaw Paya - home to the worlds biggest book - Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar, Burma. August 2009
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Inaki Relanzon / Details of carvings in Shwenandaw Kyaung Monastery (made with teakwood) Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar, Burma. August 2009
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Inaki Relanzon / Details of teak wood carvings in Shwenandaw Kyaung Monastery, Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar, Burma. August 2009
