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A gouache on paper painting titled Vietnam War Protests by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. In the Upper-right, scenes from the Vietnam war unfold. A vibrant crowd of antiwar protestors...

Sandstone sculpture of Shiva from Thap Banh It. Binh Dinh province, Vietnam. 11th-12th century CE. (Musée Guimet, Paris)

A limestone relief depicting an elephant. Tra Kieu, Quang Nam province, Vietnam. 10th century CE. (Musée Guimet, Paris)

These bronze door knockers come from burial no. 1 at Dong Tac, Dong Son, Thanh Hoa in Vietnam. They date from the 1st-3rd centures CE. (Musée Guimet, Paris)

This bronze situla was crafted by people belonging to the Dong Son Culture around the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam or southern China. It was made between the 6th-1st century BCE. (Musée Guimet, Paris.)

A limestone statue of a bodhisattva. My Duc, Quang Binh province, Vietnam. 9th-10th century CE. (Musée Guimet, Paris)

Zheng Yi (also Cheng I, Ching Yih, Cheng Yao-I, Cheng Wen-Hsien, or Cheng Yud) was a Chinese pirate who lived from 1765 to 1807. Operating in the South China Sea, Zheng Yi famously led a 600-ship pirate confederation. This force of more than...

The Khmer empire was a powerful state in South East Asia, formed by people of the same name, lasting from 802 CE to 1431 CE. At its peak, the empire covered much of what today is Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and southern Vietnam. By the 7th...

This antique map of Indochina, dated 1909, was produced under the direction of Auguste Pavie and based on surveys carried out by members of the Pavie Mission between 1880 and 1895. It was created under the auspices of the French Ministry...

The Han Dynasty (202 BCE - 220 CE) was the second dynasty of Imperial China (the era of centralized, dynastic government, 221 BCE - 1912 CE) which established the paradigm for all succeeding dynasties up through 1912 CE. It succeeded the...