Archaeologists find ancient pottery workshop in Egypt
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 19 July 2018
- Modified Date: 05:34 | 19 July 2018
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered an ancient pottery manufacturing workshop dating to more than 4,000 years ago.
Thursday's statement by the Antiquities Ministry says the workshop is situated close to the Nile River in Aswan province in southern Egypt. It says the workshop, the oldest pottery workshop in the Old Kingdom, belongs to the 4th Dynasty, spanning 2,613 to 2,494 B.C.
The Old Kingdom is also known as the age when pyramid-building flourished.
Inside the workshop, archaeologists found an ancient pottery manufacturing wheel made of a limestone turntable and a hollow base.
Mostafa al-Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, says the discovery is "rare" and reveals more about the development of pottery manufacturing and the daily lives of ancient Egyptians during that time in history.