The ostraca, some dating back to the time just before Cleopatra, were discovered within the ancient ruins of Athribus ...

Plantlike designs on pottery made almost 8,000 years ago may be the earliest evidence yet of mathematical thinking. Many of the flower decorations painted on pottery by an ancient culture in northern ...

Classifying ancient pottery has always depended on the trained judgment of an archaeologist. Identifying the subtle ...

In an archaeological achievement, researchers from Kumamoto University have successfully reconstructed the structure of prehistoric fishing nets from the Jomon period (ca. 14,000–900 BCE) by analyzing ...

Archaeologists in Corsica uncovered the ruins of an ancient Roman tile making workshop with a kiln, wash basin and warehouse, photos show. Photo from Nathalie Gonzalez and Inrap Buried in the acidic ...

A new Israeli research initiative is using cutting-edge scientific methods to solve one of archaeology’s oldest mysteries: where ancient pottery was made. The project, launched by the Israel ...

Millennia-old pottery remains from across Europe reveal that ancient communities in the region made elaborate meals using a much greater variety of plant and animal products than previously believed, ...

A dark piece of pottery, shaped somewhat like an urn with a tapered, rounded bottom. Light-colored material is flaking off the brown pottery base. Analysis of 85 pieces of Mesolithic pottery, like the ...

For almost three decades, ceramicist, Nabahat Lotia, has been on a restless mission to highlight local pottery’s fast-fading history and craftsmanship...from Lahore to Thatta and beyond. Since she was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Israelis families display pieces of pottery found while volunteering at an excavation at Tel Maresha at the Beit Guvrin-Maresha ...