The pottery piece that experts believe dates to the Early Bronze Age was likely both part of daily usage and held spiritual meaning.

The event aims to honour the local pottery craft and also serves as a tribute to artisans who have for hundreds of years ...

New evidence reveals a hidden dimension of the ancient pottery industry: child labor. Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University ...

The event aims to honor the local pottery craft and also serves as a tribute to artisans who have for hundreds of years ...

Not only have scholars been off about when horses were introduced to ancient Sicily by roughly 1,000 years, they’ve also been wrong about their role on the island. Researchers have confirmed the ...

"The inscription provides direct evidence of official correspondence between the Assyrian Empire and the Kingdom of Judah," ...

Sometimes chemistry can help researchers make sense of history. Scientists at the Field Museum in Chicago studied the materials in Peru’s historic pottery from the Wari empire and confirmed that it ...

Featuring a pottery bowl adorned with an indescribable motif, a set of pottery artifacts debuted at the Chinese Archaeological Museum in Beijing on Wednesday. These relics look surprisingly modern, ...

Archaeologists recently excavated an ancient workshop in Greece, revealing a trove of unfinished projects and other curiosities. The project was announced by Greece's Ministry of Culture in a Facebook ...

Jenny Lehmann is an assistant editor at Discover Magazine who writes articles on microbiology, psychology, neurology, and zoology, and oversees the Piece of Mind column of the print issue. View Full ...