It even emerged during the predynastic period, the earliest period in recorded Egyptian history. This clay pot is an artifact from ancient Egypt. Masters in all things art, ancient Egyptians excelled at pottery. Home to a wide range of different arts, pottery is one of Egypt’s ancient arts. Stories are told through the cracks in the clay, its shape that morphs as hands cup together, and the pieces of ourselves that we impart into its making. In pottery making, no two pots are ever the same. An art of simple pleasure, pottery is formed when clay and patience coalesce. In a rushed world focused on immediacy and speed, a potter’s work relies on a rare virtue: patience. “Pottery was literally a multidimensional cultural container that contained several aspects of the thoughts, beliefs, relationships, rituals, practices, and lifestyles of the ancient Egyptians,” reads a 2020 Egyptian study on the craft in the ancient world.
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