In the new study, researchers compared digital 3-D models of ancient hominid footprints and trackways to those made by people today — including Kenyan herders who rarely or never wear shoes — ...

The accepted story is that the first alphabet developed in the Sinai Peninsula around 1,900 B.C., an innovation on Egyptian ...

Nov. 19, 2024 — Leveraging a unique statistical analysis and applying it to ancient DNA extracted from human skeletal remains, a team of researchers has revealed new insights into how ancient ...

Historians have decoded inscriptions on an ancient tablet that is believed to be the oldest surviving map of the world. Reading the Babylonian relic, which includes a circular map accompanied by text ...

Found etched into clay cylinders in Syria, the strange symbols date to around 2400 B.C.E.—500 years before other known ...

A new discovery of the world's oldest known alphabetic writing was made at Tell Umm-el Marra, an urban site in Syria that can ...

More than a century ago, the scientist Alfred Wegener proposed the notion of an ancient supercontinent ... that was quite noticeable on any accurate map, Murphy said. Another telltale hint ...

The Ancient Greek philosopher and geographer Anaximander, who was responsible for creating the very first map of the world. Credit: The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander, who was born in the third ...

New Delhi, Nov 14 (PTI) A set of six books, featuring translated Sanskrit shlokas about six Hindu gods and goddesses, brings the rich tapestry of Hindu mythology to young readers on the occasion of ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries.

Credit: Daniel Mayer /CC BY-SA 4.0 The ancient Library of Alexandria ... Eratosthenes also produced a map of the entire known world, which incorporated information taken from sources held in the ...