A male worker carries a large unfired clay vessel across a mound of broken pottery shards directly in front of a traditional dome-shaped wood-fired kiln in Kom Oshim, Fayoum. The kiln, built from mud brick, is used to fire handmade pottery produced by local artisans who continue an inherited craft passed down through generations in this Fayoum village. Broken and discarded ceramic pieces are visible in the foreground, representing the byproduct of the firing process in one of Egypt's active traditional pottery communities.