Researchers have discovered evidence of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history. The writing was etched onto clay cylinders discovered during a dig at an ancient Syrian city.

“Without a means to translate the writing, we can only speculate.” The Syrian region is about 875 miles north of the great ...

I’m going to step aside from the controversies over just what color the ancient Egyptians were. The simple fact is that ... than that of most West African empires because Egypt had a writing system.

Another common misconception about ancient Egypt thanks to Hollywood is that all Egyptians were mummified and placed in ...

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

The dig site contained many ancient tombs dating back to the Early Bronze Age from 3500-2000 BC, with one containing ...

Several tombs in the necropolises of Egypt depict figures dancing across the walls and playing instruments. But when ...

The ancient Egyptians were responsible for many of the world's wonders, including the ancient pyramids of Giza, some of the first writing, and bronze tools. They also pioneered some of the first ...

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

A research team at Johns Hopkins University has discovered evidence of the world’s oldest alphabetic writing, carved onto ...

While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering ...

Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world's oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate ...