Two recently discovered ancient gold rings set with garnets reveal how Greek trends and customs became part of life in ...

The Greek vases displayed in this case once served practical purposes as ornate containers for food or drink. Buried for thousands of years, they now provide clues to life in the ancient Mediterranean ...

Here, I recently viewed the permanent collection of Ancient Greek pottery through a new, wine-focused lens. Turn left at the main lobby. Much of the collection is the result of a bequest from the ...

Local authorities in Jingdezhen also strived to make the hand-made techniques more available to the public so as to preserve the art of pottery. The Ancient Kiln Porcelain Factory employed dozens ...

Dated to the period when Rome controlled Egypt, 30 B.C.E to 642 C.E., the numerous kilns and large ... more than 30 inscriptions in Greek and Demotic on shards of pottery, known as ostraca ...

the workshop consisted of multiple kilns; storage areas; and 32 ostraca, or pottery shards, with commercial transactions written in Greek and Demotic scripts. Preliminary studies suggest the ...

and pottery dating from between the 4th century B.C.E. and the late Roman era. At that time, the Greek ministry hailed the find as “proof of the existence of the ancient city.” This recent ...

Sidoroff added that there would be large numbers of wasters in the immediate area of more than one kiln structure surrounded by open spaces for setting out pottery before and after firing.

features kilns, vast storage areas, and 32 ostraca (inscribed pottery fragments) in Demotic and Greek. These texts provide rare insights into ancient commercial transactions and tax collection ...

A pottery kiln from the 15th or 16th century was found at Sutton VA Primary School A pottery kiln that may have been used during the Tudor period has been discovered at a school. It was found at ...