Chemical traces of opium found in an ancient Egyptian alabaster vase shows it had a widespread use. An ancient alabaster vase ...

Language is one of the most resilient components of culture. Though many languages have disappeared over the course of ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has brought ancient languages to life, such as Ancient Greek and Old English, by demonstrating ...

In different passage, Aulus tells us about some bookstalls he came across when he arrived by ship at the port of Brundisium ...

Archaeologists have long puzzled over the elegant stone jars buried with Tutankhamun, their inscriptions intact but their ...

The name of this place means “the town or city of Judah,” and it belonged to the Babylonian Empire. Its existence is known ...

Ancient scripts like Linear A and Rongorongo are among the mysterious undeciphered languages that continue to puzzle ...

Egypt’s ancient past is as much studied by schoolchildren in classrooms around the world as it is by expert Egyptologists. Today, that shared wonder has finally found a home in the Grand Egyptian ...

The room we are in is locked. It is windowless and lit from above by a fluorescent bulb. In the hallway outside—two stories beneath the city of London—attendants in dark suits patrol silently, giving ...

A study reveals ancient Indian scholars understood mineral acids centuries earlier than previously believed, challenging historical narratives.

Orthodox Christmas on January 7 brings together diverse communities across the Middle East and the global diaspora, ...

Assassin's Creed games are incredibly detailed and complex recreations of history, requiring thousands of hours of research ...