Grave goods found in 63 burials from ancient Egypt include gold foil figures, pottery and bronze coins. Archaeologists in ...

When the children were called away, perhaps to eat a meal, they left the completed figurines ... at a very young age simply by playing with clay, Nowell hypothesized that at least some of the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered dozens of ancient Egyptian tombs and numerous artifacts, including a remarkable set of objects ...

TONDABAYASHI, Osaka Prefecture--In a rare find, researchers unearthed various “haniwa” (clay figures ... types and pieces of haniwa from that ancient time to be discovered.

Coins dated to a later era, the Ptolemaic period, were also discovered, officials said. The Ptolemaic began in 323 B.C., ...

These coastal civilizations have long since disappeared under the waves. But new technology is revolutionizing underwater ...

A tomb discovered in Taiyuan from the 8 th century features murals in the “figures under the tree ... Long Zhen, director of the Jinyang Ancient City Research Institute of the Taiyuan Cultural ...

Located on the very top of a hill near the town of Kastelli, the ancient building appears to have had two ... island of Crete — leaving behind examples of their elaborate pottery, figurines, jewelry ...

As a first step we must address the question of which prehistoric sources can serve for the study of religion. Small clay figures of humans and animals could, for example, play a role; but they may ...

The larger than life-size clay figures were discovered in north-west Cyprus and will join 200 ancient treasures on display in Cambridge. They are part of a Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition ...

Image caption, Ancient Greek ruins of the Temple of Apollo ... Children played with small pottery figures, and dolls made of rags, wood, wax or clay - some of these dolls even had moveable arms ...

The research team also documented pottery at the site ... indicate the presence of several statues. The Antikythera mechanism has upended our understanding of ancient technology, given that ...