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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.

A bottle of Dom Pérignon Champagne and flutes.

A c. 1860 portrait by Léon Cogniet of Madame Nicole Barbe Clicquot-Ponsardin (1777-1866) who made many developments in the Champagne-making process and was responsible for innovative marketing strategies for the sparkling wine. She is better...

A champagne muselet (wire cage) and capsule, used to keep the cork in place.

A detail of the letterhead of a Mercier Champagne invoice, dated 1905.

An early 1900s promotional postcard showing Dom Pérignon (1638-1715), a monk at the Abbey of Hautvillers, France who perfected certain techniques in the production of Champagne wine. (Printed by J. Bracquemart)

Sassanian cataphract, Taq-e Bostan relief, Iran, 4th century CE.