Explore 25 advanced ancient technologies that modern science still cannot fully explain. From pyramids to precision stonework ...
Archaeologists have discovered a rare circular structure dedicated to a local Egyptian deity called Pelusius, according to ...
The specific tablet that has caused such excitement is a school text listing kings who ruled at the end of the third millennium BC. Other known copies of this same royal list also include Gilgamesh, ...
Ancient cuneiform tablets at Denmark's National Museum may prove that Sumerian hero Gilgamesh was a real historical ruler.
The imposing pyramids of Teotihuacan, in Mexico, bear the traces of a major civilization over two thousand years old. One ...
Guggenheim Fellowships have been awarded this year to four scholars from the University of Chicago. Announced April 14, the ...
In May 2006, Tim Stinson travelled to England to tour the libraries of London, Oxford and Cambridge. At the time, he was ...
The meaning behind Teotihuacan’s enigmatic symbols is finally coming to light, revealing new evidence of an early Uto-Aztecan ...
O NCE THERE WAS a clay pot and it fell and broke. Once there was a man and he too fell.
Book science helps decipher and preserve fragile manuscripts, at a moment when climate change and mass digitization are ...
A stone-and-brick reservoir, believed to be over 1500 years old, has been unearthed on Elephanta Island, showing how ancient inhabitants managed drinking water despite heavy rainfall and rocky terrain ...