Many of the earliest known images of Hindu deities in India date from the time of the Kushan empire, fashioned either from the spotted sandstone of Mathura or Gandharan grey schist.

There, among many other things, Nicolo spotted two paintings he thought would look nice above his dining room table.

Then they searched for light on different wavelength and found many more sources of energy - indicating distant galaxies - that had not been spotted using the traditional technique.