A display of vases at the Qing and Ming Ancient Pottery Factory, Jingdezhen city, Jiangxi Province, China, Asia

Kasbah Museum of Mediterranean Cultures in the Sultan's Palace (Governor's Palace), old Medina, Tangier, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Church of St-Honorat, Alyscamps, UNESCO, Arles, Bouches du Rhone, Camargue, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France

Reconstruction of buildings, Los Millares prehistoric Chalcolithic settlement archaelogical site, Almeria, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Santi Medici district, Massafra, Taranto, Apulia, Italiy

The Roman period water storage cistern building, Apollonia Archaeological Park, Pojan, Albania, Europe

Interior of Museo de Arte Precolombino Museum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cusco (Cuzco), Cusco Province, Cusco Region, Peru, South America

The archaeological ruins of Pompeii, UNESCO, Campania, Italy

Elevated view of Cusco, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cusco Region, Peru, South America

Interior in Monastery of Santa Catalina de Siena, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Arequipa, Arequipa Province, Arequipa Region, Peru, South America

Earthenware jars around village of Omodos, Troodos Mountains, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Europe

Earthenware jars, Jabrin castle, Sultanate of Oman, Arabian Peninsula

Fito Museum (Museum of Vietnamese Traditional Medicine), pottery containers for medicinal liquor, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Pottery in the city of Tamegroute, Draa River valley, Province of Zagora, Region Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco

Ancient Minoan pottery, Ancient Akrotiri Museum, Akrotiri, Santorini (Thira), Cyclades Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Faience animals from the 11th Dynasty in ancient Egypt, Louvre, Paris, France, Europe

Artifacts at the El Born Cultural and Memorial Centre archaeological site and museum, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Artifacts in Castelo de Silves Museum, Silves, Algrave, Portugal

Artifacts at the El Born Cultural and Memorial Centre archaeological site and museum, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Qing and Ming Ancient Pottery Factory, Jingdezhen city, Jiangxi Province, China, Asia

Qing and Ming Ancient Pottery Factory, Jingdezhen city, Jiangxi Province, China, Asia

Tajine pottery for sale, souvenir shop, street market, in Kasbah of the Udayas, Rabat. Morocco

Ceramic pots in the Roman Mosaic Museum, also known as the Roman Edifice, Constanta, Romania

A Trinacria, ancient symbol of Sicily, Erice, Sicily, Italy

Ancient pots in archaeological site of a Roman bath, beside the National Gardens and Zappeion, Athens, Greece

Terracotta army, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China

Shipwreck museum, Iron Age shipwreck, the Kyrenia Ship, dated 300 BC, interior view of Kyrenia Castle, Girne, northern Cyprus, Cyprus

Shipwreck museum, Iron Age shipwreck, the Kyrenia Ship, dated 300 BC, interior view of Kyrenia Castle, Girne, northern Cyprus, Cyprus

Shipwreck museum, Iron Age shipwreck, the Kyrenia Ship, dated 300 BC, interior view of Kyrenia Castle, Girne, northern Cyprus, Cyprus

Shipwreck museum, Iron Age shipwreck, the Kyrenia Ship, dated 300 BC, interior view of Kyrenia Castle, Girne, northern Cyprus, Cyprus

Large ancient pithoi, similar to amphoras, at the excavation site of the Minoan palaces of Festos, island of Crete, Greece, Europe

Shipwreck museum, Iron Age shipwreck, the Kyrenia Ship, dated 300 BC, interior view of Kyrenia Castle, Girne, northern Cyprus, Cyprus

Shipwreck museum, Iron Age shipwreck, the Kyrenia Ship, dated 300 BC, interior view of Kyrenia Castle, Girne, northern Cyprus, Cyprus

Ancient pottery in a church, Canal, Galilee, Israel

Clay pots piled on a tomb of the Lord of Sipan archeological site near Chiclayo, Peru in the Lambayeque Valley. Archaeologists uncovered burial places of several lesser important figures besides royalty at Sipan. One, a high priest, had a tomb almost as impressive as the royal ones. Another burial contained 1,137 pots shaped into warriors, priests, prisoners, musicians, and anthropomorphic deities, Sipan, Peru

Greece, Crete, Knossos, A Pithos, large storage jar, in The Magazines of The Giants, Knossos Palace.

Greece, Crete, Knossos, Pithoi, large storage jars, in The Magazines of The Giants, Knossos Palace.

Romania, Constanta, Ceramic pots in the Roman Mosaic Museum, also known as the Roman Edifice.

Precolumbian Ceramics Mochica (Moche) Culture 100-700AD important official with jaguar crown and symbols of hierarchy Museo Amano collection, Lima, Peru

Precolumbian Ceramics Mochica (Moche) Culture 100-700AD fishermen riding on 'Totora' traditional reed boats in the collection of the Museo Amano, Lima, Peru

Precolumbian Ceramics Mochica (Moche) Culture, 100-700 AD vase showing realistic man with a pierced nose, in the collection of the Museo Amano, Lima, Peru

Precolumbian Ceramics Nazca Culture, 200-800AD vase showing a mother giving birth with mythical portraits in the collection of the Museo Amano, Lima, Peru

Inca Culture c 1400 to 1532AD, ceramic figure representing a shaman, in the collection of the Banco Central de Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Greece, Athens, Archaeological site of Roman Bath

Greece, Athens, Archaeological site of Roman Bath

Turkey, Ephesus, Pottery outside private houses