Deciphering some people's writing can be a major challenge—especially when that writing is cuneiform characters imprinted ...

Some of the most mysterious ancient artifacts ever discovered were ... The inscription uses a form of Hebrew writing that some scholars date to pre-Columbian times, raising questions about early ...

The first, largely driven by the availability of digital images, has given life to the study of ancient writing as a cultural and social phenomenon and to the social life of written objects. In the ...

Technology could overcome the challenges in both variation and quantity of cuneiform tablets.

Many amazing plants and animals that once existed on this planet are now extinct, but there are remnants of these life forms. Ancient fossils and DNA provide a glimpse into the world as it was for ...