Limoges also produced faience earthenware, or fine in-glazed pottery. The heritage of ceramics and decoration was deeply woven into the fabric of the city. Making porcelain is a difficult ...

What a bearded faience head reveals about elite identity in Iron Age Israel. (photo credit: Gabbi Laron, Tel Abel Beth Maacah Expedition, The Oxford Journal of Archaeology) A 2024 study published ...