Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowledge” perhaps developed to share land and ...

Repeated flower designs on ancient pottery hint that early village life relied on counting and shared ideas way before math ...

The project, launched by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), aims to trace the origin of thousands of ceramic vessels ...

Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a study has found.

Symmetrical arrangements of botanical motifs indicate a grasp of spatial division long before the advent of formal written ...

Researchers are using chemical and mineral analysis to trace the origins of ancient pottery in Israel, building a national ...

A new study suggests flower patterns painted on 8,000-year-old pottery reveal early ideas of balance, symmetry and numerical ...

Researchers have unearthed compelling evidence of one of humanity's oldest alcoholic beverages: rice beer. 10,000-year-old evidence was uncovered at the Shangshan site in Zhejiang Province, China. The ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered hidden clues about life in the hills of ancient southwest Samos, Greece.

Pit-firing leaves smoke traces on ceramic pieces, giving them a look of antiquity, a texture, and causing variations in ...