Lid of an alabaster jar decorated with a bird in a nest and eggs in a bowl, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Painted alabaster unguent jar showing hunting scene, with the king as a lion, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Detail of a painted alabaster unguent jar, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Inlaid alabaster unguent jar in the form of an ibex, with one natural horn, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Inlaid alabaster unguent jar in the form of an ibex, with one natural horn, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

View of food shop window on via Roma at dusk, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy

Artisan soaps on sale at Martin de Candre specialist savon shop Mestre at Fontevraud L'Abbaye, Loire Valley, France

Tourist market at Bhaktapur, Kathmandu valley, Nepal

Plain of jars in a field, Valley of Jars, Phonsavan, Laos

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