AERA - Ancient Egypitan ceramics, Ancient Egyptian pottery __ "How do we know that the settlement located at the foot of the Giza Plateau belongs to the same period of time as when the Egyptians were building the pyramids? Two kinds of evidence tell us that we are excavating a 4th Dynasty site (2575-2465 BC): ceramics and sealings." Learn how the study of ancient Egyptian ceramics can determine the date of an excavation site. - illustrated - From aeraweb.org - http://www.aeraweb.org/lost_city_age.asp

Ancient Egyptian faience __ "Unlike the tin-glazed earthenware of the European Middle Ages and Renaissance, Egyptian faience is not clay but a ceramic consisting almost entirely of quartz, the silica material of which glass is made." Good introduction to Egyptian faience. - From findarticles.com - http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1026/is_n3_v154/ai_21146424 

Ancient Egyptian Pottery __ A good overview of Egyptian pottery and ceramics from pre-dynastic times through the late period. "The pots and vases often had very small or rounded bases and had to be placed in pits dug into the floor or on pottery stands. Moreover unglazed pottery is somewhat porous, which is at times exploited for keeping beverages cool through evaporation of some of the water content. The stands also caught any surplus water oozing out and prevented dirt from sticking to the moist outer surface of the pot." - illustrated - By André Dollinger - http://nefertiti.iwebland.com/pottery/

Ancient Egyptian pottery __ "Pottery, the moulding of form out of a formless mass and its becoming imperishable through firing, is the most miraculous kind of creation. Thus Khnum, the great potter, created man." A good overview of ancient Egyptian pottery, material and techniques. - illustrated - From terraflex.co.il - http://terraflex.co.il/ad/egypt/pottery/index.html

Ancient Egyptian Pottery __ You will find general information about ancient Egyptian pottery such as materials and glazing. - illustrated - From aldokkan.com - http://www.aldokkan.com/art/pottery.htm

Ancient Egyptian Pottery __ "The Egyptians made two kinds of pottery--the one, ordinary soft pottery; the other, a coarse, gritty compound, loose in its character and lacking cohesion, sandy, easily crumbled, very white, but always covered with a strong glaze or enamel." - illustrated - From 2020site.org - http://www.2020site.org/egypt/index.html

Egypt: Egyptian Faience __ No page about Egyptian pottery and ceramics would be complete without information about Egyptian Faience. Faience is a glazed non-clay ceramic material or silica, composed of crushed quartz or sand, with small amounts of lime, and either natron or plant ash. While not pottery, it is still a ceramic. You will find a general overview. - illustrated - From touregypt.net - http://touregypt.net/featurestories/faience.htm

Egyptian faience __ "Faience, like other ceramic materials, but unlike glass or metals, is unsuitable for recycling—even the earliest faience objects like simple beads can survive millennia intact." Brief encyclopedic article. - illustrated - From wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_faience

Egyptian Pottery - Ageless Beauty __ "Whether you appreciate history as much as the next guy or gal or not is not as important as whether or not you appreciate beauty. The ancient Egyptians had beauty down to a science rather than an art when it came to creating beautiful pieces of pottery." Interesting article. - From ezinearticles.com - http://ezinearticles.com/?Egyptian-Pottery-Ageless-Beauty&id=732548

 
Eternal Egypt - Pottery Containers Used for Holding Liquids __ Whether containing liquids, or not, an overview of the history and evolution of Egyptian ceramics. - From eternalegypt.org - http://www.eternalegypt.org/EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet?ee_website_action_key=action.display.module&module_id=308&language_id=1&story_id=52 

Experimental Studies on the Firing Methods of the Black-topped Pottery in Predynastic Egypt __ "The greatest concern on the black-topped pottery is the chemistry used to produce the black coloring and the firing method, which have engendered much discussion and debate over the years." Learn what their experiments produced in this interesting report. - From Francesco Raffaele - http://xoomer.alice.it/francescoraf/cracow-2002/Baba-Saito.htm

Explore the City of the Hawk - Pottery Kilns __ Learn about what may be the earliest preserved up-draught kiln in Egypt. "These kilns were used to produce fine untempered red polished pottery, made of clay mined in the wadi bed. Found among the scatters are fragments of lovely bowls, some with white painted decoration as well as exceedingly thin and well formed jars and beakers. These are shapes more commonly found in Black-topped red ware--a fine red pottery with a blackened rim, and arguably some of the finest pottery Egypt ever produced." - illustrated - From Hierakonpolis Expedition - http://www.hierakonpolis.org/site/kilns.html

 
Life in Ancient Egypt: Pottery __ A general overview at Egyptian pottery, history and uses. - illustrated - From The Carnegie Museum of Natural History - http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibits/egypt/pottery.htm 

The Pottery of Ancient Egypt __ "Pottery was produced by the ancient Egyptians from early a very early period. It represents an important record and source of analysis for understanding vary archaic periods, but until relatively recently, Dynastic period pottery was of less interest to Egyptologists." - illustrated - From InterCity Oz, Inc. - http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/pottery.htm

Pottery in Egypt __ Excellent galleries of Egyptian pottery from pre-history into the Islamic Period. Many click-to-enlarge images. - From University College London - http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/pottery/index.html

Pottery, Stoneware and Ceramics __ "The Early Dynasty's brought the development and use of the potters wheel and the more extensive use of clay. Indicative of this time are large pottery storage jars, with conical clay sealings some stamped with the royal seal at the top." - illustrated - From Minnesota State University - http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/artisans/pottery.html

Vienna System __ "The Vienna System refers to a widely-accepted and influential schema of visual classification for Ancient Egyptian Pottery" A smattering of information and links to related topics. - From archaeowiki.org - http://www.archaeowiki.org/Vienna_System