On a set of broken clay bowls from northern Mesopotamia, delicate flower patterns have turned out to be something far more radical than decoration. New analysis of this ancient art suggests that early ...

Halafian pottery shows that early agricultural societies practiced advanced mathematical thinking through plant-based art long before writing.

Often when describing patterns, they are placed in one of two categories: organic or geometric. Organic designs are ones ...

Researchers investigate hundreds of motifs made by Halafians and determine that they exhibited mathematical themes.

Dating back to the early Islamic period, these designs were developed using a set of mathematical principles. Islamic art was characterized by utilizing geometric patterns in a distinct manner owing ...