Clay, Wood, Fire, Spirit: The Pottery of Richard Bresnahan is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV ...

Clay objects roughly the size of fingers were discovered during a dig at the ancient city of Umm el-Marra. The engraved symbols may be part of the earliest known alphabet. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

Clay pipes were ubiquitous in the earlier centuries and can be seen in many photos of sailors prior to 1900. They would be included with rations as sundry items and discarded overboard routinely.

Discovered in Baldock and made from moulded clay. Masks like this have been found ... possibly hung up in a public place to show that a performance was due to take place. They are too large ...

The curator asked members of staff from the University of Glasgow, who work with the collections, to nominate their favourite object for the BBC's "A History of the World" website. This object was ...

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