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

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.

The Kuwaiti-Polish Archaeological Mission (KPAM) has discovered a rare figurine (which mirrors statues from the Mesopotamian Ubaid culture) and evidence of local pottery production at Bahra 1. It is a ...

Archaeologists working in northern Mesopotamia say they have uncovered visual patterns that look a lot like structured counting, even though no written numerals existed at the time. The claim is bold: ...

The Islamic scene -- The Umayyad caliphs (661-750 A.D.): the sources of Islamic ornament: and earlier contributions to the potter's technique -- First contacts with China: the Abbasid school of ...