Whatever the Nebra Sky Disc was for, and however old it is, skilled metalworkers went to a great deal of effort to make it.

New research on the 3,600-year-old Nebra Sky Disc uncovers advanced forging techniques and its cultural significance in the ...

Long before alphabets came into existence, human civilisations used different means to communicate such as images and ...

Although far from the oldest writing we have found, these cylinders are 500 years older than any previously known example of alphabetic script, if that is indeed what they carry.

At an archaeological excavation site in western Syria, Schwartz unearthed a “finger-length” clay cylinder with etched letters ...

What appears to be evidence of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is etched onto finger-length, clay cylinders ...

Before this discovery, the first examples of wheels dated back to around 4000BC in Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, which were used for pottery. Around 500 years later during the Bronze Age ...

Though it can be diagnosed at any age, Crohn's is typically diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 30. A diagnosis can be delayed because Crohn's symptoms can mimic other conditions. Early treatment is ...

For the first time, the Tudor Age has been brought to life in an illustrated dictionary format that is clear and easy to read. It is aimed at anyone who wants to widen and deepen their knowledge of ...

Currently, the so-called flagship examples of the wheel include a 5,500 potter's wheel found in Mesopotamia ... back around 500 years later to the Bronze Age. It comes after the oldest stone ...

Unlike contemporary societies in Syria and Mesopotamia, wool was not used as a staple finance good in the Early Bronze Age southern Levant (c ... These difficult-to-map processes of urban ...