Artists from different cultural traditions adapted an ancient tale to explore how to respond to betrayal and exploitation.

The knowledge of writing is not very old compared to human history. It was only invented 5,000 years ago. It is one of the ...

Archaeologists found a 3,500-year-old tablet inscribed with a massive furniture order in cuneiform writing. The artifact surfaced after earthquakes occurred in Turkey.

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and more.

Researchers claim that they have discovered an entirely new form of ancient human and it has a bigger brain than any we've ever discovered.

Researchers from the University of Bologna have unveiled how ancient cylinder seals played a key role in the development of writing in ancient Mesopotamia, marking a significant breakthrough in ...

Leprosy’s tale stretches from 5,000-year-old skeletons in Eurasia to a startling 4,000-year-old case in Chile, revealing that ...

Proto-cuneiform is among the earliest known forms of human writing and appeared within this need to keep track of trade. The archaic form of writing consists of hundreds of pictographic signs.

Recent research has led to new conclusions about the origin of writing with important new understanding on human cognitive development.

NEARLY 500 artefacts from ancient Babylon have been uncovered by archaeologists, with some in pristine condition despite being over 3,000 years old. The inventory of items, which include pottery, a… ...

This ancient script has remained unsolved for over a century In 1908, an archaeologist in Crete discovered a small clay disk bearing unknown symbols. Now known as the Phaistos disk, it remains a ...