Tag: pottery

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One of the clay figurines, and the impression of three fingerprints taken from the interior of another. Source: Oxford Journal of Archaeology.

6 NOV 2024 · 3 MIN

Ancient Fingerprints show that Egyptian Sculpture Was Collaborative

A new study of ancient Egyptian sculpture has taken a new approach by looking at the fingerprints left embedded in the artwork. A study of these fingerprints has revealed much about their…

The Baghdad Battery disappeared during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, but we have a great deal of surviving detail on what the original artifact was like (Ironie / CC BY-SA 2.5)

3 AUG 2024 · 6 MIN

The Baghdad Battery: History Rewritten or History Misunderstood?

For those who search for the strange and unusual from history there are certain things which prove interesting time and again. Unexplained phenomena, disappearances and unsolved murders, these always appeal, and it…