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This incense burner was found at the so-called Archaic Ishtar Temple at Assur (Ashur). Incineration of various substances was an important event during sacrificial ceremonies. From Assur, northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. 2400 BCE. (The Pergamon...

This pottery incense burner/container was found at Tell Bazmusian, Lake Dukan, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. A wild goat is topped by a 2-story house model with a chimney. Hurrian period, mid-2nd century BCE. On display at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad...

An incense burner of a deity with a headdress of the rain god Tlaloc. Produced by the Tarascan civilization which flourished in western Mexico between 1350 CE and 1522 CE. (Snite Museum of Art, Indiana)

As part of the Hungry Ghosts Festival, incense is burned in front of homes in remembrance of one's ancestors and to give a pleasing scent to the spirits as they walk by.

A Jomon incense burner. Rokugo Ishinadate, Misato-cho, Akita, Japan. Jomon Period, 1000-400 BCE. (Tokyo National Museum)

A gilt-bronze incense burner from the Baekje (Paekche) Kingdom of ancient Korea. The base is in the form of a dragon which supports a heavenly mountain decorated with heavenly beings and clouds. A phoenix sits atop the lid. 4th-7th century...

A pottery incense container found at layer 5 of the altar platform of the central temple of Basmosian Hill, Mesopotamia, Hurrian period, 2nd millennium BCE. Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq.

This object is a limestone incense altar. It was excavated from Megiddo and dates to the Iron Age II (9th Century BCE). It has a height of 54.5 cm (21.4 in), a width of 27 cm (10.6 in), and a length of 28.5 cm (11.2 in). (The Israel Museum...

A celadon incense burner, 12th century CE, Goryeo Dynasty, Korea. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea)

A bronze incense burner in the form of a duck. Han dynasty, China, 2nd-3rd centruy CE. (Musée Guimet, Paris)