We often take written language for granted– whether it’s texting, reading a book, or scrolling through social media, it’s a part of everyday life. But imagine a time when there were no books, no ...

Rosslyn Chapel in Edinburgh has widely been thought to be the final resting place of the ark, thanks to a conspiracy peddled ...

IVC had strong mercantile ties with the ancient near East ... and unknown languages have been very effective in case of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs (decoded with the help of the Rosetta Stone ...

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities released ... It was recorded on a Sumerian clay tablet dating back to around 1800 BC. This ancient recipe detailed the ingredients and process for ...

You’ve seen the play, now read the book.” The ad, plastered on taxis, was for the Broadway play The Book of Mormon.

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's ...

was made last autumn at Tello in southern Iraq—the modern Arabic name for the ancient Sumerian city of Girsu—and includes more than 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 sealings. The tablets ...

Burial chamber unearthed seven meters (23 feet) underground It was discovered at important ancient Egyptian city Abydos The pharaoh's name was obliterated by ancient tomb robbers March 27 (Reuters ...

who ruled ancient Mesopotamia about 2700 years ago. But after his death, it was ransacked and burned to the ground. Luckily, the texts were written on clay tablets, and so were baked and preserved ...