They sang as they dug, their tuneless songs keeping time to the beat of a cooking pot drum.

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He and his colleagues have examined fragments of a ceramic cooking pot found at the site.

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His secret: Scoop a bean from the cooking pot and blow on it.

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Finding the world's oldest known cooking pot, even in pieces, is exciting.

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He displayed the only things he still owns: an axe, a wire for trapping wild animals, a tattered green gym bag, a cooking pot, and a wicker basket.

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Unlike the Romans, the Barbarians did not build for posterity, and their story is told principally through displays of funerary jewellery and weaponry, with the odd cooking pot thrown in.

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On the other hand, it is possible to exaggerate just how quickly the melting pot is cooking this stew.

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Locals here in Assam and the neighboring states of Manipur and Nagaland add fresh chopped chilies to the pot when cooking curries.

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So Ms Ma has learned to adapt by cooking with only one electric pot.

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