Off the coast of Marseille, National Geographic Explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau hauled up thousands of ancient clay ...

Ceramics are one of the most important sources of information for archaeologists. Yet how these objects are produced, ...

A trove of ancient ceramics were unearthed from a buried city in Eritrea, officials said. Photo from the Eritrea Ministry of Information Thousands of years ago, the eastern coast of Eritrea was home ...

Painted over the enormous midsection of the Dipylon amphora—a nearly 2,800-year-old clay vase from Greece—silhouetted figures surround a corpse in a funeral scene. Intricate geometric patterns zig and ...

The vessel, measuring approximately 25 centimeters tall with a distinctive pointed base and engraved patterns, has been identified as either Jinguji-style or Konami Upper-layer pottery, placing its ...

Halafian pottery shows that early agricultural societies practiced advanced mathematical thinking through plant-based art long before writing.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists are getting a better taste of the early history of the domestication and use of cacao - the source of chocolate - thanks to residues detected on a batch of ancient ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In place at the site of the Java Sea shipwreck, these ceramic bowls were cargo on the ship. You ...

The work in Centennial Hills resident Shari Bray’s show “Earth Science” at Las Vegas City Hall, 495 S. Main St., uses a technique that is ancient in the world of ceramics but new to the artist. “I ...

We like to think of technology as always being forward looking. It’s supposed to be about nanoparticles and the Cloud, not steam engines and the telephone exchange. But every now and again the past ...

Thousands of years ago, the eastern coast of Eritrea was home to one of the world’s most important port cities. Adulis was originally a small village, and folklore says that its name means “free ...