Starting in about 3500 BC, various writing systems developed in ancient civilizations around the world ... known alphabet was ...

Scientists have sequenced the oldest known DNA from ancient Egypt. It belonged to a potter who lived 4,500 years ago. This ...

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...

Evidence of textile workshops demonstrates that girls’ labour was valued enough to be documented in administrative records ...

A Unique Form of Writing: Hieroglyphs and More While the Egyptians are best known for their hieroglyphic writing system, ...

Later, Arab travellers tried to decipher the ancient secret hidden in the hieroglyphics but failed. In fact, the meaning of ...

Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery inside Egypt's Great Pyramid that they say rewrites longstanding beliefs ...

Who built the Great Pyramid of Giza? Were slaves employed to construct the mammoth, mysterious structure? Scientists have ...

Throughout history, great civilisations have risen, flourished and then disappeared, leaving behind ruins, legends and a host ...

This article presents an integrated framework for multimedia access and analysis of ancient Maya epigraphic resources, which is developed as an interdisciplinary effort involving epigraphers (someone ...

Ancient Egypt is famous for its pyramids, hieroglyphics, and mysterious artifacts, but its gods and goddesses are equally fascinating. Studying these figures helps us better understand the ...