The heroic days of deciphering hieroglyphics and cuneiform make for great stories, but will we ever see that happen again?

Experts told Live Science it was probably the proto-Sinaitic script, which was invented about 4,000 years ago by Canaanite ...

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From spring to early summer, Newfoundland and Labrador is among the best places in the world for iceberg hunting.

Were the Hittites of the Bible the same as those of the Hittite Empire? While this is a common assumption, what do the facts ...

Since the late 1800s, women have studied Ancient Egypt, but it wasn't always easy to enter the profession. Here are 8 trailblazers who led the way.

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 ...

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

ProtoSnap uses computer vision to scan the pixels in a picture of a cuneiform table and compares them to a series of ...

Instead of referring to sounds in an essentially arbitrary way, pictures refer to the world. As such, they require no ...

Ancient Greek history is full of men who left their own mark for their military genius, bravery, artistic greatness, and ...

While teaching humans about their ancient civilizations may seem like an odd job for artificial intelligence, it has ...