enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Typology of Greek vase shapes - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typology_of_Greek_vase_shapes

   vases for oils, perfumes and cosmetics, including the large lekythos, and the small aryballos, alabastron, and askos. In addition, various standard types might be used as external grave-markers (in extra-large versions, sometimes in stone), funerary urns containing ashes, or as grave goods.

3. Dipylon Krater - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipylon_Krater

   Dipylon Kraters are Geometric period Greek terracotta funerary vases found at the Dipylon cemetery; near the Dipylon Gate, in Kerameikos.Kerameikos is known as the ancient potters quarter on the northwest side of the ancient city of Athens and translates to "the city of clay."

4. California pottery - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_pottery

   California potters large and small have left a legacy of tableware design, collectibles, art, and architecture. ... Stockton Terra Cotta Company (Stockton Art Pottery ...

5. Earthenware - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthenware

   Terracotta flower pots with terracotta tiles in the background Due to its porosity, fired earthenware, with a water absorption of 5-8%, must be glazed to be watertight. [ 11 ] Earthenware has lower mechanical strength than bone china, porcelain or stoneware, and consequently articles are commonly made in thicker cross-section, although they are ...

6. Bura archaeological site - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bura_archaeological_site

   The Bura site consists of many individual necropoleis with coffins crested by unusually distinctive terra cotta statuettes. The main necropolis itself has a diameter of about one kilometer. Burial mounds, religious altars, and ancient dwellings occur here over a large area. In 1983 a site 25 meters by 20 meters was excavated.

7. 30 Christmas Traditions From Around the World - AOL

   www.aol.com/30-christmas-traditions-around-world...

   Despite only 1.1% of the Japanese population being Christian, according to the U.S. State Department, post-World War II Japan has largely observed Christmas, in part due to the large U.S. military ...