We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Sometimes a garden needs a little something to find its personality. A few well-chosen pieces of decor can work wonders, turning your plants' ...

In the early 2000s, archaeologists began exploring the remains of an ancient city in what is now known as Guatemala. Among their discoveries at the Cotzumalhuapa site were a trove of 21 deposits ...

Chinese porcelains are among the hardest for an average collector to identify and date. They have been made for centuries and it is considered a tribute, not an attempt to fool a customer, to copy a ...

Satsuma pottery is from Japan. It was made in the 1860s and was sometimes purchased by American visitors to Japan and brought home. During World War I, American housewives who enjoyed hand-painting ...

Archaeologists in Hungary have uncovered an ancient Greek bronze vase made by Spartans, revealing long-distance trade and ...

A centuries-old Chinese vase smashed to pieces when a museum visitor tripped on his shoelace is back on display — as part of an exhibition on art restoration. A centuries-old Chinese vase smashed to ...

This past summer, Geneva Vanderzeil posted a TikTok showing how to make DIY ceramic chalk paint. This DIY art project is great because it upcycles old materials, requires few additional household ...

Unlike most stories involving damaged artifacts, a recent accident with a young Israeli girl and a 2,000-year-old vase has an unexpectedly happy ending. On August 23, the unnamed child and her family ...

It was a truly historic bargain. A Washignton, DC woman was thrilled when she picked up an “old-ish” looking vase at a local thrift shop for just $3.99 – never realizing the bargain knickknack was ...

Archaeologists tested ancient vessels unearthed from a site in Guatemala — and found “rare” nicotine residue in three of the vases. Photos by Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos from Antiquity and Cambridge ...