The Maya civilization, one of the most sophisticated pre-Columbian cultures, flourished across present-day Mexico, Guatemala, ...

and 32 ostraca (inscribed pottery fragments) in Demotic and Greek. These texts provide rare insights into ancient commercial transactions and tax collection systems. Mohamed Abdel-Badi ...

The Great Pottery Throw Down held its final on March 9. The Channel 4 series has crowned its 8th winner. But which potter came out on top? The winner of The Great Pottery Throw Down for 2025 has ...

For centuries, historians and linguists have been searching for the cradle of the Indo-Europeans, an ancient people who shaped history and created the world’s largest language family ...

A Glasgow pottery studio is set to honour the legacy of one of the city's most famous names with a unique one-off event designed for art enthusiasts. Craft Pottery is hosting a special ‘paint ...

Study co-lead Professor Tim Johnson, from Curtin University, said the discovery significantly challenged previous assumptions about our planet's ancient history. "Before our discovery, the oldest ...

The findings come from a study of bone tools discovered at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania and dated to around 1.5 million years ago. The discovery joins other finds — such as a 1.4-million-year-old ...

SEATTLE — A rare replica of the original Liberty Bell was found after it had been stolen from a Seattle cemetery. The replica, estimated to be worth more than $100,000, was reported stolen from ...

Crews found evidence of ancient gold mining ... of the social component of the mine include 628 pieces of broken pottery—many inscribed with hieroglyphic, demotic, and Greek script that shows ...

But this idea isn’t new. Long before TikTok trends and self-help bestsellers, ancient civilizations from India to Egypt built entire belief systems around the power of thought. Here’s how ...

Researchers investigated with neurophysiological techniques that tracked changes in modern participants as they learned ancient pottery skills. Pottery isn’t easy, and the more participants practiced, ...

How have events and developments in the distant past shaped our world? Dive into topics spanning ancient Greece, the imperial might of Rome and the history of the Middle East and Egypt from the third ...