Terra-cotta pots are a favorite among plant lovers for their appearance, as well as their functionality. Made of kiln-fired ...

Terracotta pots are popular for plants because the clay is porous, encouraging airflow around the soil and reducing excess moisture. As the soil in terracotta pots dries more rapidly, it's best to ...

For the gardeners of urban Dhaka, it's time to prepare for winter flowers. One might say it's too early, but October is when you need to prune your roses and feed them with compost, besides ...

The translation for the Italian terra cotta is “baked earth.” For over 4,000 years, terra cotta remained popular for both utility and decoration in architecture. Its natural qualities of fire ...

What Yang and her friends are doing, in fact, is piecing together the 2,200-year-old mystery of the terra-cotta army, part of the celebrated (and still dimly understood) burial complex of China ...

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After breaking a clay pot to get the rice crust at the bottom of the pot, a restaurant worker immediately throws a rice piece to another person standing far away holding a plate to catch it. A video ...

The terra-cotta army, as it is known, is part of an elaborate mausoleum created to accompany the first emperor of China into the afterlife, according to archaeologists. Ying Zheng took the throne ...

It's the time of the Qin dynasty. The emperor seeks immortality by busily letting his alchemists search for a formula and building the famous terracotta army from the bodies of outlaws and the ...