Most American pottery was made by coiling, which may be related to ancient basketmaking methods. In this technique, a coil is rolled and shaped into a base, and the walls are built up from there. The ...

Tamil Nadu has announced a $1 million prize for decoding the ancient Indus Valley script, sparking global interest among ...

value it held for the people of this ancient community," Professor Piotr Bieliński said in the press release. Archaeologists also noted that they uncovered two distinct types of pottery at the ...

The tattoos, dating around 1250 A.D., reveal geometric shapes visible through ... are typically preserved on pottery and textiles. Lasers help archaeologists study ancient tattoos on Peruvian ...

The Greeks' trademark red and black pottery was very fashionable ... music and dance. So, in ancient Greece, theatres were everywhere. Every town had a big bowl-shaped arena, usually on a hillside ...

The discovery unearthed pottery ... These well-ordered shapes suggest a human touch, sparking wonder about the sophistication of ancient civilizations. Badrinaryan, former chief geologist at ...