photos

<n>Kobe Bryant</n> with the <n>Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy</n> after the 2001 <n>NBA Finals</n>. Photo by <n>Andy Bernstein</n>.

A still from <n>Masaki Kobayashi</n>'s 1962 film <n>Harakiri</n>, featuring actor <n>Tatsuya Nakadai</n>.

The partially excavated <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n>, c. 1870s. Photo by <n>Félix Bonfils</n>.

Tourists climbing the <n>Great Pyramid of Khufu</n> in Giza, circa 1870. Photo by <n>Félix Bonfils</n>.

Tourists climbing the <n>Great Pyramid of Giza</n>, circa 1880.

<n>The Great Sphinx of Giza</n> and the <n>Pyramid of Cheops</n> at Giza, Egypt, c. 1904-05.

The <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n> photographed by <n>Neurdein</n> between 1867 and 1899.

<n>Orthodox Ethiopian worshippers</n> celebrate <n>Gena (Ethiopian Christmas)</n> at the <n>Church of St. George</n> in <n>Lalibela</n>.