Four small, clay tablets, unearthed in 2004, are finally gaining attention as possibly the first evidence of an alphabet, but ...

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 ...

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 ...

Her latest book, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, focuses on the seven ancient monuments that back in the 4th century BCE were listed as a set worthy of wonder — awe-inspiring structures ...

Even liberal Massachusetts, a bright blue spot on the red electoral college map, lurched right. Trump clinched a majority of the votes in dozens of Massachusetts towns where he fell short in 2020.