Cuneiform, the oldest identified writing system, defied deciphering – until 1857. What happened then makes a terrific read, ...

With so many ancient texts around the world, you might wonder which alphabet was the first to be developed. In other words, ...

Ancient Greece has traditionally been periodized into five eras: the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Archaic Age, Classical Age, and ...

The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

Apr. 2, 2025 — An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid ...

April 1st marks the beginning of the Phoenician New Year, a holiday with deep historical roots that was once widely ...

The Greeks of Cappadocia, in central-eastern Anatolia, created their own flourishing culture in ancient times that thrived ...

Keep reading to learn more. According to the Smithsonian Magazine, the Temple of Hercules Gaditanus was built by ancient Phoenicians between 900 and 800 BCE. Also known as the Temple of Melqart, it ...

The tomb was found within an ancient Egyptian necropolis in Abydos ... Within the workshop, archaeologists found 32 ostraca — writing on pottery shards — that discuss commercial transactions ...

The discovery dates back to the third or fourth century B.C.E., the region’s Phoenician-Punic era ... Trudu said it is likely that his team will find even more ancient relics buried along the trench.

A fierce rivalry between four scholars ignited a race to crack the world’s oldest writing, unlocking the secrets of Mesopotamia ... the decipherment of the Akkadian language and the ancient Sumerian ...

Although experts have analyzed the carving, it's possible that its origins could rest in the ancient Bronze Age or even Turkish cultures dated to the medieval period. The land known today as ...