ABCNEWS - WATCH: 'Grandpa George' is living his best life at 102
George Strausman is becoming a viral sensation on social media by shaping clay at his weekly pottery class.
NYTIMES (Jori Finkel) - Heirs of Dave the Potter, the Enslaved Artist, Are Battling to Recover His Legacy
The descendants of David Drake learned who he was 10 years ago. They see his jars as his artistic and spiritual inheritance — and their own.
WASHINGTONPOST (Sydney Page) - Grandpa, 101, goes viral from pottery class: ‘Happiest guy in the world’
George Strausman said his sudden stardom has been a shock, and he doesn’t quite understand why millions of people are interested in watching him shape clay.
NPR (Scott Simon) - Opinion: An ancient, sophisticated palate
Researchers looking at foodcrusts on the pottery shards of ancient humans say there's evidence of a wide variety of ingredients, indicating that they may have been experimenting with "recipes."
NPR (Ari Daniel) - That ain't perfume! Ancient bottle contained feces, likely used for medicine
Researchers found a tiny bottle from ancient Rome that contained fecal residue and traces of aromatics, offering evidence that poop was used medicinally more than two thousand years ago.