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Resisting the Odds: The Inspiring Story of Gaza’s Pottery Artisans (Video)
Ancient Greek Pottery Workshop Provides Stunning Examples of Craft!
The Supreme Council of Antiquities had made an exciting discovery at the Tabet Al-Motaweh site west of Alexandria. An extensive Greek pottery workshop and storage area from the Ptolemaic Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Ancient Places Africa Read Later Views: 0
Pre-Pottery “Perfect” Neolithic Shrine Found in East Jordan Desert
A team of Jordanian and French archaeologists have found an exceptionally well-preserved and intact Neolithic shrine at a remote prehistoric hunting campsite in Jordan’s eastern desert that dates back roughly 9,000 years, reports NPR. This places the shrine in the late Pre-Pottery Neolithic era, a Neolithic culture mostly existed in upper Mesopotamia and the Levant, […]
Archaeologists Uncover Preserved Ancient Pottery Workshop in Egypt
Archaeologists digging in the Aziza hills area of the Beheira governate in northern Egypt have recovered the remains a pottery workshop dating to the Graeco-Roman period, Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on its Facebook page on July 6th. The Graeco-Roman era in Egypt covered the years from approximately 332 BC (when Alexander the […]
Nok Culture Pottery Reveals Honey Hunting Happened 3,500 Years Ago
Honey hunting is a practice of gathering honey from domesticated or wild bee colonies and hives. It is a practice for which evidence has been found in ancient history and it is still practiced by indigenous peoples all over the world as a method of survival. While there is evidence of honey hunting in rock […]
President Rouhani arrives in Istanbul
Tehran, April 13, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday night to attend the Summit of Leaders of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The 13th Summit of Leaders of OIC is to kick off on Thursday and President Rouhani is scheduled to deliver speech. During 2-day meeting, Rouhani will have […]
Iranian, Kazakh Judiciary officials sign MoU on judicial cooperation
Tehran, April 11, IRNA – Prosecutor General Mohammad Jaafar Montazeri in a meeting with his Kazakh Prosecutor General Askhat Daulbayev on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Judicial cooperation. Prosecutor Montazeri underlined necessity of expansion relations and legal, judicial cooperation between the two countries. Montazeri said that terrorism is one of the major concerns […]
Record snowfall for Chabarovsk in Siberia
Record snowfall paralyzed the main highway in Chabarovsk, in far eastern Siberia. By ten o’clock in the morning it was practically impossible to get to the airport, or to drive on Krasnorechenskoe in the industrial area. Motorists admitted that they were not prepared for disaster, and did not have time to change summer tires […]