Roman artifacts under the Amphitheatre, Pula, Istria, Croatia, Europe

Bacteria bomb made of ceramic used by the Japanese Imperial army Unit 731 during WWII, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China

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

The green glaze, dominant colour in pottery from the city of Tamegroute, Draa River valley, Province of Zagora, Region Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco

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

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

Archaeological Museum of Aidone, Aidone, Enna, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean, Europe

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

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

Ceramic pots on shelves in reception room, House of Alexander Polovtsev, Museum of Applied Arts, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Pottery displayed at a roadside stand, Barbados

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.

Nazca Culture 100-700 AD ceremonial ceramic beaker with falcon markings in the Collection the Art Institute of Chicago, Peru

Inca vase or Aryballos, Classic design, c 1400 to 1532AD, from near Cuzco, in the collection of the Chicago Art Institute, Peru

Precolumbian Ceramics Mochi Culture a ceramic stirrup-spout vase from 100-800 BC handpainted with figure that is part human and part bird, Peru

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

Mochica (Moche) Culture, 200BC-800AD, north coast ceramic 'stirrup-spout' vessel with a musician blowing a panpipe, Peru

Mochica (Moche) Culture, 200BC-800AD north coast ceramic 'stirrup-spout' vessel with battle scene and warriors, Peru

Capuli Culture a ceramic 'Coquero' funerary figure chewing coca, from the collection of the Banco Central de Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Capuli Culture a ceramic 'Coquero' funerary figure chewing coca, from the collection of the Banco Central de Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Carchi Culture a 'Coquero' ceramic funerary figure chewing coca, in the collection of the Banco Central de Ecuador, Quito, North Coast, Ecuador

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