Archaeologists searching under a toppled tree in the Amazon discovered seven funerary urns buried beneath the roots ... the area is a hotbed for ancient ingenuity. “These artificial islands are raised ...

The large urns were without lids, suggesting they were once sealed with organic material that has since decomposed. Located only 16 inches deep, Holanda said they were likely once buried ...

Isadora Duncan is San Francisco’s (and up there with the world’s) most famous dancer. She invented her own kind of dance, inspired by the poses found on ancient Greek urns, and she worshipped health ...

How the urn is finished is important if it is to blend into architecture and garden style. Natural clay urns much like Roman amphora in outside finish provide that very ancient old world appeal of ...

The richness of the craft that turns these urns into pieces of art says much about how ancient Indigenous communities related to death in the Amazon. To these groups, “death is a process, not a ...