Kuwait

Tradition Arabic coffee serving, Freej Al Swaileh Restaurant, Salmiya

Greece

Renowned Greek soprano Maria Callas

Arabic calligraphy

India

Hayagriva, the Hindu god.

Philippines

Various Igorot bulul depicting anito or ancestor spirits (c. 1900)

India

Indra, the Vedic king of gods

UK

A statue of the Egyptian war goddess Neith wearing the Deshret crown of northern (lower) Egypt, which bears the cobra of Wadjet. British Museum, London, UK

UK

Isaac Newton saw the existence of a Creator necessary in the movement of astronomical objects. Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK

Iran

Investiture of Sassanid emperor Shapur II (center) with Mithra (left) and Ahura Mazda (right) at Taq-e Bostan, Iran

Peru

Inti Raymi, a winter solstice festival of the Inca people, reveres Inti – the sun deity. Offerings include round bread and maize beer.

Nigeria

A man shows his earthenware speaking god or ancestor, Bauchi State, Nigeria, 1970-1973.

Writing

The tetragrammaton in Phoenician (12th century BCE to 150 BCE), Paleo-Hebrew (10th century BCE to 135 CE), and square Hebrew (3rd century BCE to present) scripts

Greece

Zeus, the king of the gods in ancient Greek religion, shown on a gold stater from Lampsacus (c. 360–340 BCE)

Mongolia

A Daur woman in Inner Mongolia

Mongolia

Hamtdaa Mongolian Arts Culture Masks

Bali

A Balinese family after puja in Bratan Hindu temple.

Bali

Balinese Dancer

Dream

Jacob's Dream, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1860

Education