News tagged with ceramic pot

Deciphering the elements of iconic pottery

Attic pottery is the iconic red and black figure-pottery produced in ancient Greece from the 6th to the 4th centuries B.C. Like the vessel shown above from the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, such ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mexican experts excited to find ancient home ruins

(AP) -- The ruins aren't particularly impressive, just some stone and clay footings for houses that probably supported walls of wood or clay wattle. And it's that very ordinariness that has experts excited.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Water study: Is colloidal silver necessary for bacteria removal?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nicole Heinley, a graduate student at Missouri University of Science and Technology, traveled to Guatemala twice in the past year to conduct research on ceramic pot filters that are used locally ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Indonesian fishermen find old sunken ship

(AP) -- A sunken ship that may be several centuries old and containing green and gray ceramics has been found off remote Indonesian islands recently hit by a tsunami, officials said Thursday.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Engineer helps poor in developing nations purify drinking water

The device looks deceptively simple - a porous clay pot placed in a five-gallon plastic bucket with a spigot - but Vinka Craver believes it can save millions of lives each year.

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0