In Chunkankadai, Tamil Nadu, potters still shape clay from sacred ponds into vessels for rituals and homes, keeping alive one ...

Recent archaeological discoveries have unveiled ruins believed to be part of a civilization dating back 20,000 years, ...

Several large sculptures were among the trove of artifacts that divers recovered from the waters near Alexandria, Egypt.

New research conducted at Walufeni Cave, an important archaeological site in Papua New Guinea, reveals new evidence of ...

So prolific is the presence of the ibex in prehistoric art that a new study suggests the animal held potent symbolism for ...

The oldest pottery containers to date are close to 20,000 years old and come from eastern parts of Asia. They have been found with the remnants of multiple food including fish, boar, and tortoise ...

The soul house, which dates to around 2055 to 1650 B.C.E., was originally excavated at Deir Rifa, a series of ancient Egyptian cemeteries north of Luxor, on the west bank of the Nile, the Art ...

Lasers and chemistry reveal how ancient pottery was made -- and how an empire functioned Date: March 14, 2023 Source: Field Museum Summary: Peru's first great empire, the Wari, stretched for more ...

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

Close-up of ancient rice phytoliths under a microscope. The rice remnants, which were found on pottery, survived some 3,500 years. (Michael T. Carson via Science.org) ...