Ancient markings, sealed away for millennia, have just been uncovered in one of Egypt’s most iconic structures. These new ...

Joshua Hammer takes a hugely enjoyable look at three rivals who competed to decipher the world’s oldest writing ...

The stone’s three blocks of alternating script provided the key to deciphering hieroglyphs, the ancient Egyptian writing ...

On Wed 6 August at 2pm our speaker will explore the emergence of writing and how the Egyptian hieroglyphic system was deciphered.

The "intriguing new" rock engraving was found on the west bank of the Nile River near Aswan in November 2022, during a survey ...

The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered the 1,700-year-old tomb of the earliest known ruler of the ancient Maya city of Caracol. The ...

Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...

EDUCATION to an ordinary person means no more than the process of passing across and imbibing or learning the practices, ways ...

Researchers report that AI deciphered the Hammurabi tablet at 98% accuracy, opening the door to translating ancient cuneiform ...