Cylinders discovered in 2004 are inscribed with the earliest known examples of letters, say archaeologists. Clay cylinders ...

T reasure-house of photographs, the bound album proved for, Michaela Appel- the grand daughter, of the German miner cum ...

Recent archaeological excavations have uncovered a basalt tablet with inscriptions in an unknown language near Lake Bashplemi ...

Ancient Greece was a civilization full of activity. Right from as early as 1600 BC Greece was full of impressive buildings, signs of powerful kings, and a literate priestly class. However, this era of ...

Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai, Egypt is one of the most important Christian monasteries in the world ...

Nov. 7, 2024 — Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected ...

The writing, which is dated to around 2400 BCE, precedes other known alphabetic scripts by roughly 500 years, upending what archaeologists know about where alphabets came from, how they are shared ...

The writing was etched onto clay cylinders discovered during a dig at an ancient Syrian city ... precedes other known alphabetic scripts by roughly 500 years, upending what archaeologists know ...