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

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

Roman town of Herculaneum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campania, Italy, Europe

Large storage jars, Knossos, Crete, Greece, Europe

Jars of ingredients on wooden shelves

Jars of ingredients on wooden shelves

Jars of ingredients on wooden shelves

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

Vases, Agia Triada archaeological site, Crete, Greece, Europe

The entrance to an old military tunnel, Tunnel 88 now acts as a storage area for large jars which contain locally distilled alcohol and spirits

Jars with variety of pickled vegetables and fruits. Preserved food

Jars with variety of pickled vegetables and fruits. Preserved food

Storage of oils and vinagars in jars

Ing of expensive edible oil

Jars and containers, storage rooms, Minoan excavations Tylissos, Crete, Greece, Europe

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.