Eighty ancient clay figures have been discovered by archaeologists at The Universities of Manchester and Ghana, showing that a sophisticated society - now forgotten - once existed in West Africa. They ...

At the Bahra 1 site in northern Kuwait, Polish archaeologists have discovered a clay figurine that is 7,000 ... value it held for the people of this ancient community, as quoted by CAŚ UW.

The styles of ancient Greek pottery and the strange effigies of the Olympic god Hermes which were used in ways few moderns ...

The earliest known fired ceramic objects are clay figurines dating to roughly 24,000 BCE found in large numbers in Central ... Most American pottery was made by coiling, which may be related to ...

Tourists shop for creative cultural products at a store focusing on "Clay Figure Zhang", a clay sculpture art, on an ancient ...

finely crafted clay head featuring an elongated skull, slanting eyes, and a flat nose." The figurine dates back to the Ubaid period of ancient Mesopotamia, which predated the Bronze Age.

A trio of painted, unfired-clay figurines has come to light at the coastal site of Vichama in what is now Peru. The three may represent powerful people in an offshoot of the ancient Caral culture.

The 2,000-year-old military general figurine is the tenth of its kind to be excavated from the emperor Qin Shi Huang’s tomb, which may hold up to 8,000 clay statues Sonja Anderson Daily ...