Generally speaking, ancient civilizations gradually developed a more sophisticated economy following the creation of an agricultural surplus, population movement and...

One of the major technological inventions in antiquity, most probable derived from boat building technologies, was the discovery, that the...

At the core of the concept, which was used in the last century to describe numerous two-handled ceramic vessels, are...

Archaeology is about facts – it focuses on the interpretations of material remains of ancient societies. However, sometimes these remains,...

Meals in the Mediterranean revolved in the last 10 millennia around the common staples of cereals, vegetables, fruit and olive...

Pottery’s introduction allowed more variety of shapes and types of storage and food production in a kitchen, from double-walled cooling...

Perhaps the humblest part of the archaeological remains from a site’s collection of artefacts are the cooking vessels, but they...

Ever since pottery was discovered, bowls were used to present and consume food. And since did not eat only with...

The ceramic Roman mortarium is thick and heavy and has a broad rim to enable the cook to put some...

Traditionally in ancient societies, a woman, sometimes an older relative or matriarch has been the cook. A woman's domain, the...