Marble was used in ancient Syrian pottery industry

Damascus, SANA – Several of archeological and historical findings unearthed  in Syria bear witness to the old Syrian experience in marble-made pottery  industry.

Historian Mahmoud al-Sayyed of the General Directorate of Archeology and  Museums stressed that marble was used in pottery and utensils industry in  Syria in ancient times.

He cited in a statement to SANA two pots made of white marble as example of  the deep-rooted skillfulness of the Syrian craftsmen.

The two pots, he noted, date back to the pre-pottery Neolithic age, specifically in the period between 6400-5900 BC, and were found in the  ruins of the 12th burned house in the archeological site of Tal Buqrus on  the right bank of the Euphrates River

One of the pots was shaped like a rabbit, while the other had the shape of  a hedgehog.

B. Mousa/Haifa Said

 

 

 

 

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