M.K. Stalin has announced a $1 million prize to decipher the enigmatic Indus Valley script. Scholars believe the script, ...

The inscribed spindle whorl, dating to the 1st century BC, features one of the oldest examples of writing in northern Iberia, ...

The Old Syriac text specifies disciples 'rubbing it in their hands,' highlighting significant nuances in interpretation.

It's not a myth. Brothers Charley and Vlas Parlapanides, who grew up in Seaside Park, are the scribes behind the Netflix ...

“I worked really carefully because when you find writing, that’s always an exciting thing in the ancient world,” said Sullivan. “I knew it was important. I certainly did not have any idea ...

The back and forth has become bad enough that the AP has been banned from the press briefing room at the White House ...

The Lelantine War may have been one of the only wars in ancient Greece to involve multiple cities, but did it really happen?

The Egyptian Empire was one of the most powerful in the world in its day, thanks in no small part to a host of inventions.

Scientists have digitally "unwrapped" a 2,000-year-old charred scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum - providing the first glimpse inside the ancient document since it was buried by Mount Vesuvius ...

The ancient Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus was born into slavery but his study of Stoicism earned him his freedom to later become an influential Stoic.

Archaeologists are piecing together the world’s oldest known rune stone. It could shed light on the origins of early written ...

The findings reveal that insects developed modern patterns of herbivory long before flowering plants flourished, upending a ...