Tamnougalt Kasbah, Draa Valley, Ouarzazate, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

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

Kashbah Ait Benhaddou, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Draa Valley, Ouarzazate, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

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

Ming vase on display in the Shanghai Museum, China

Traditional sake bottle with assorted glasses, sake brewery, historical centre, Sanmachi, Takayama, Hida district, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Sancai pottery figure on horseback on display in the Shanghai Museum, China

Ceramic dragon object on display in the Shanghai Museum, China

Ming vase on display in the Shanghai Museum, China

Porcelain vase of Jingdezhen origin on display in the Shanghai Museum, China

Visitor looks at Ming vase on display in the Shanghai Museum, China

Ming vase on display in the Shanghai Museum, China

Ming vase on display in the Shanghai Museum, China

Ceramic Buddha figure on display in the Shanghai Museum, China

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

Terracotta army, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China

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

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

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

Stone Walls Of Church Of St. George, Thessaloniki, Greece

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.