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1. Playing Cards
India lays strong claim to the invention of playing cards; Indian cards, round in shape and undoubtedly ancient, are on view today in several museums.
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2. Mosaics
The ancient Greeks and Romans were highly skilled in the art, bringing it to such near-perfection that much of their work had the quality of great painting.
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3. Sgraffito
Sgraffito has long been used in decorative plaster work, as evidenced by wall panels in some ancient Egyptian tombs, but in ceramics it first gained ascendance in Byzantium (now called Istanbul), during the period when that city was the imperial capital of the Roman Empire.
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4. Sponges
Familiar household items since the days of ancient Greece and Rome, natural sponges are still in great demand by cosmetic manufacturers, artists and surgeons.
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5. Surface Alteration - Carving And Incising
The carving of designs into the surface of ceramic ware is among the oldest of decorative techniques, examples having been discovered from pre-dynastic Egypt and ancient China.
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6. Group Three - Other Shrubs
Ancient specimens of both rhododendrons and camellias exist and still bloom in a ragged kind of way. With a bit of careful pruning, feeding an acid-type "Rhodo Mix" fertilizer and several root soakings, these old plants could perhaps be rejuvenated in two or three years.
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7. Floating Rafts
These are based on the floating gardens laid down by the Mogul emperors of India in Kashmir and the ancient chinampa of the Aztecs of Mexico.
http://www.fun-home-projects.com/hobbies/​hydroponics/​miscellaneous_uses/​floating_rafts.html

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