If true, that’s huge news: it would predate all other curse tablets – in fact, all other examples of ancient Hebrew writing – by centuries. “We now have the name ‘Yahweh’, ...

HIRBET QEIYAFA, Israel — An Israeli archaeologist has discovered what he believes is the oldest known Hebrew inscription on a 3,000-year-old pottery shard — a find that suggests Biblical ...

Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C.

It annoys ancient history specialist Louise Pryke that more of us don't know history's first known author. The story is an important part of the murky history of writing.

The ancient Egyptians invented a writing system using hieroglyphs in about 3000 BC. They had about 700 different signs for objects and animals. The people who wrote hieroglyphs were called scribes .

"We have an ancient text saying that the Israelites arrived around 1400 [B.C.], and then we have evidence of them on a mountain where the Bible says that they were, writing a language that the ...

Ancient Chinese Used Hard Writing Tools ... The primitive hard writing tools were made of bamboo, wood, animal bones and horns, clods of soil and black lead, said Li Zhengyu, ...

Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C. It left behind numerous monuments ...

The "Codex Sassoon," an ancient Hebrew Bible written in the late 9th or early 10th century, was purchased Wednesday at Sotheby’s in New York City for $38.1 million. For the record: The price for ...

The origins of writing in ancient Mesopotamia and beyond may rest on a group of cylindrical seals. A team of archeologists from the University of Bologna in Italy has identified a series of ...