Pottery in ancient Greece, as elsewhere, was fired in a specially-made ceramic kiln. Other firing structures, including food ovens, smelting furnaces, and lime kilns, would have been unsuitable for ...

The images of people, gods, animals and everyday objects found on ancient Greek pottery are the single most important source for classical archeologists such as John Oakley. For these scenes of myths ...

Thirteen Johns Hopkins undergraduates divide themselves into four groups and huddle over tables at Baltimore Clayworks, the ceramic arts studio in Mount Washington. Every group is trying to paint ...

In the Days of ancient Greece, huge amounts of pottery were produced to serve all the basic needs of daily life. In "How to Read Greek Vases" (Yale University Press, 2011), Joan Mertens, curator of ...

Ancient Greek vases have been found in tombs, sanctuaries, and other kinds of deposits in Greece, Italy, Asia Minor, the Levant, Spain, and other lands surrounding and beyond the Mediterranean Sea (1) ...

“Picture Worlds: Greek, Maya, and Moche Pottery,” at the Michael C. Carlos Museum through Dec. 15, is a visually handsome work of meticulous scholarship that attempts to bridge some of the greatest ...

Q: My question is about old Greek pottery. I think this vase was made during or after WWII. How do I find a website that will tell me more about it? A: Along with the query, our reader sent the image ...

If you ask today’s average American to name an image of a horse in ancient Greek culture, a likely response could be the Trojan Horse, the flying stallion Pegasus or the equestrian parade from the ...