Once a powerhouse of the ancient world, Egypt today faces a range of internal and external challenges that are holding it ...

A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery ...

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Two gold-and-iron artifacts from ancient Spain predated our ability to work with iron. So how did they do it? With ...

Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world's oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate ...

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 ...

Italian researchers suggest that symbols from the oldest writing system in the world may have come directly from cylinder seal motifs.

Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...

Cylinder seals and proto-cuneiform acted as the accounting system for ancient Mesopotamia in one of the earliest invented ...

W hen did humans start “putting pen to paper” and expressing their thoughts through a series of complex symbols? An important ...

Making the jump from using symbols to writing is considered a major development in human cognitive abilities. Tracing how and ...