Ancient Toys Found Inside 2,000-Year-Old Tombs of Children, Believed to Be Gifts for the Deceased Archaeologists uncovered ...

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 ...

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

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.

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

The clay tablets are the first cuneiform tablets from the Middle Bronze Age to be found in the region, according to a Jan. 14 ...

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.

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.

This includes zoomorphic and anthropomorphic figurines made of clay or amber, reflecting a connection to earlier Mesolithic cultures. The phenomenon observed in northern Europe is analyzed under the ...

An ancient game board, building remains and three clay tablets recently discovered by archaeologists in northeastern Iraq provide new details about Mesopotamian life. The clay tablets are the ...