that silent letters exist in English. and the spelling system just hasn't kept up with it. like through and thought and night ...

The Huns, a nomadic group of Central Asian origin, emerged as a formidable force in the 4th century CE, challenging the Roman ...

Since opening in 2002, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina has become a landmark of learning in Egypt, combining millions of books ...

These symbols were used for communication and record-keeping. Unlike traditional alphabets, Nsibidi comprises pictographs and ideograms. They convey complex ideas and emotions. Its unique nature makes ...

Realising how patronage for the art form was dwindling, he began digitising typefaces and brought them under the banner of ...

Archaeologists working at the site of the ancient Turkish city Attouda have uncovered a ritual site dedicated to the Phrygian mother goddess, Matar. The site, complete with a cave and a “twin rock ...

Here’s what you will learn when you read this story: Famed archaeologist Zahi Hawass discovered a statue that he said rewrites what we know about Egyptian art history. The familial statue mixed ...

The International Calligraphy Festival stands out for its depth and purpose. It is not about spectacle; it’s about substance. It brings attention back to something ancient yet urgent -- the beauty of ...

About 12,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers who inhabited a swathe of Arabian desert carved life-sized images of camels and other animals on sandstone cliffs and boulders, using rock art to mark the ...

Hippocrates is the father of traditional Ancient Greek medicine. Credit: Raed Mansour / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 A new academic study highlights how medical ideas from ancient Greece and Rome ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have discovered life-size rock carvings of camels, gazelles and other animals in the Saudi Arabian desert. Gaza awaits the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, its link ...