New research analyzing ancient pottery from the Xueshan archaeological site in Beijing offers fresh insights into how the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Israelis families display pieces of pottery found while volunteering at an excavation at Tel Maresha at the Beit Guvrin-Maresha ...

Researchers have unearthed compelling evidence of one of humanity's oldest alcoholic beverages: rice beer. 10,000-year-old evidence was uncovered at the Shangshan site in Zhejiang Province, China. The ...

Plantlike designs on pottery made almost 8,000 years ago may be the earliest evidence yet of mathematical thinking. Many of the flower decorations painted on pottery by an ancient culture in northern ...

Archaeologists in Corsica uncovered the ruins of an ancient Roman tile making workshop with a kiln, wash basin and warehouse, photos show. Photo from Nathalie Gonzalez and Inrap Buried in the acidic ...

Taking a second look at pottery fragments excavated back in 2005 has rewritten a chapter of Mediterranean history. A team from the University of South Florida (USF) found traces of horse meat in ...

This tiny fragment belied a find of Biblical proportions. Archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed a 2,700-year-old Assyrian inscription in clay that could shine a light on key events detailed in ...

X-ray computed tomography (CT) was used to examine and digitally reconstruct net impressions preserved in pottery from the Hidaka region of Hokkaido, Japan, dating to the Early Jomon period (referred ...

A new study suggests flower patterns painted on 8,000-year-old pottery reveal early ideas of balance, symmetry and numerical ...

The project, launched by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), aims to trace the origin of thousands of ceramic vessels even when the kilns where they were fired have long vanished.