For some mysterious reason, faience--that striking turquoise colored stuff used as fake precious stones in Mesopotamia and Egypt beginning some 5500 years ago or so--has always fascinated me.
Faience tiles on Timurid dynasty (1370-1526) Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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A new article in the March issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science describing the cementation production technique gives me an excuse to freshen up my piece from 2007, and find this terrific photo from the Shah-i-Zinda necropolis in Uzbekistan.
- Read more about the latest research on faience
Matin M, and Matin M. 2012. Egyptian faience glazing by the cementation method part 1: an investigation of the glazing powder composition and glazing mechanism. Journal of Archaeological Science 39(3):763-776.
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