A 2,000-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Turkey has yielded hundreds of well-preserved ceramics, offering a fascinating ...

Dating back more than 4,500 years, the skeleton belonged to a middle-aged man who may have worked as a potter and likely ...

For some cultures, pottery was not only important during life, but also in death. Pottery is commonly found in grave sites; in ancient Egypt, for example, burying the dead in clay pots was a common ...

Archaeologists recently excavated an ancient workshop on Paros, Greece, revealing unfinished sculptures and intriguing artifacts from the Classical period.

In Chunkankadai, Tamil Nadu, pottery is not just a craft — it's heritage, memory, and quiet resistance. Here, every pot is ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

To pass the time the ancient Greeks played various board and dice games which have been attested to in various sources.

Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research ...