The elegant pictorial writing system of the ancient Egyptians—known as hieroglyphics—has fascinated generations of archeologists. Its precise origins are uncertain. One ancient Egyptian legend holds ...
The Indus Valley civilization was one of the most advanced in the world for over 500 years. More than 1000 settlements sprawled across 250,000 square miles of what is now Pakistan and northwest India ...
Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world’s oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate designs left behind by engraved cylindrical seals that were rolled across clay ...
Ancient writing systems tell stories of forgotten civilizations and lost knowledge. Their decipherment often requires decades of scholarly work, combining linguistics, archaeology, and historical ...
In a region in Georgia, a mysterious Bashplemi tablet has surfaced with a brand-new writing system that was never seen before. And it may alter current beliefs about ancient writing systems ...
Found in the throne room of the Black Panther movie, Nsibidi was a method of writing in Southeastern Nigeria even before European civilisation came to West Africa. Nsibidi is a very exclusive system ...
SANTA CRUZ — While a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz history professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient artifacts in Syria marked with an alphabetic script whose meaning ...
TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Among the many mysteries surrounding the ancient Mexican metropolis of Teotihuacan, one has been especially hard to crack: how did its residents use the many ...
On a summer day in 1908, Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier unearthed what would become one of history’s most tantalizing puzzles. While excavating the ancient Minoan palace of Phaistos in Crete, ...