The vessels in the CU Art Museum's collection serve as examples of how archaeologists can tell where and when pots were made. Clay from different sources comes in different colors and degrees of ...

The contents of an ancient Greek pot found in a shrine near Pompeii are testament to the longevity of a jar of honey. In 1954, a Greek burial shrine dating to around 520 BC was discovered in Paestum, ...

Many cultures, ancient and modern, have imagined magic as a supernatural art performed by specialists who undergo mysterious training. But for the ancient Greeks, magic consisted of a number of common ...

Amongst them are misfired fragments of pottery, included both as instances of the process going awry but also as interesting and exemplary artefacts in their own right. In their uncommon gradients of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ongoing excavation of an ancient Greek city in western Turkey has uncovered artifacts and archaeological remains dating as far ...

CORFU, Greece (Reuters) - Orthodox Easter celebrations on the Greek island of Corfu were a smash on Saturday - literally. Corfiots mark Holy Saturday with a strange old custom referred to as the ...