Throughout history, civilizations across the world have created materials that were way ahead of their times using limited tools and resources. Be it monumental architecture or complex materials ...

The black inks that ancient Egyptians used for writing on papyrus texts were made, in part, of metal. A collaboration of international researchers revealed for the first time that despite having ...

Archaeologists say they have uncovered evidence of what may be the world's oldest known alphabet. The alphabetic writing system was identified on finger-length clay cylinders excavated from a tomb ...

More than 95% of Linear Elamite may be deciphered. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A mysterious ancient writing system ...

Egypt's ancient writing system remains a mystery to many. One museum in Jerusalem is hoping to change that by introducing emojis to increase understanding of hieroglyphs in the digital age.

What appears to be evidence of some of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is etched onto finger-length, clay cylinders excavated from a tomb in Syria by a team of Johns Hopkins University ...

AN awe-inspiring discovery of the oldest known alphabet has been found in a tomb by a group of archaeologists. The ancient writing was found on several clay cylinders, each the length of a finger, … ...

The ancient world harbors many mysteries, one of which is a writing system that emerged from the heart of the Indus Valley Civilization.Flourishing over 4,000 years ago, this civilization left ...