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Painting by Gustave Boulanger (c. 1882 CE) illustrating what an ancient Roman slave market auction may have looked like.

Two Persian painted tiles showing Iris plants. c. 1660-70. Painted and glazed terracotta, from an arched wall panel. Isfahan, Iran. (Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada)

A scene composed of Persian colored tiles showing a picnic in a garden. First-quarter of the 17th century, Isfahan, Iran. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

Silver-plated iron helmet found in Cist grave 1 in Prodromi, Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. The grave is dated to between the end of the 4th century BCE and the beginning of the 3rd century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Igoumenitsa, Epirus)

Iron anatomical thorax with golden buckles found in Cist grave 1 in Prodromi, Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. The grave is dated to between the end of the 4th century BCE and the beginning of the 3rd century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Igoumenitsa...

The Trundholm sun chariot, 1400 BCE. National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen.

Shabtis are small statues that were buried with a deceased person and were meant to perform all manual labor tasks for them in the afterlife. Normally, shabtis were placed in tombs in shabti boxes and each was individually inscribed with...

A portrait of Emperor Guangxu (r. 1875-1908), the 10th emperor of the Chinese Qing dynasty.

A view of the chalk cellars of Champagne Pannier, France.

A detail of a 1901 poster advertising Champagne Heidsieck by Alphonse Mucha.