Peru's first great empire, the Wari, stretched for more than a thousand miles over the Andes Mountains and along the coast from 600-1000 CE. The pottery they left behind gives archaeologists clues as ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, the U.K., have made the thrilling discovery of a 4,000-year-old handprint on an ancient Egyptian funerary object, in the course of preparing a major ...

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Archaeologists have uncovered over 18,000 pieces of pottery inscribed with details of life in ancient Egypt – including lines written as punishment by badly behaved students. The 2,000-year-old ...

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A 4,000-year-old handprint has been discovered on a clay model used for offerings in an Ancient Egyptian tomb. Researchers from Cambridge University’s Fitzwilliam Museum, in the United Kingdom, ...

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, ...