Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis ...

A new study has revealed that mysterious signs carved onto Paleolithic artifacts up to 40,000 years ago match the information density of the world's earliest known writing system — pushing the deep ...

Thousands of markings on objects made around 40,000 years ago may have been more than just doodles, a new analysis suggests ...

In just four decades, Hammurabi transformed Babylon from an overlooked city-state into the dominant power of Mesopotamia. This chapter explores the wars, diplomacy, and revolutionary law code that ...

Built around 2100 BCE, the Great Ziggurat of Ur stood at the heart of one of the world’s earliest cities. Dedicated to the ...

The 52-year-old Spaniard replaces Aleksandar Rankovic, who parted ways with the club on Feb 6. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Mysterious signs engraved on objects reveal that a form of proto-writing may have been used in Europe 40,000 years ago, tens of thousands of years before the emergence of a full writing system ...

Dr. Annna Aleksanyan will present her second public lecture of the spring semester on “Armenian Women’s Daily Life in Transit ...

Ancient carvings once thought decorative may actually be early attempts to record information. Their statistical complexity matches that of proto-cuneiform, pushing the origins of writing-like systems ...

Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis by linguist Christian Bentz at Saarland University and archaeologist Ewa ...

The underlying substance is Sumerian bitumen: a naturally occurring petroleum material (often called an asphalt-like “black goo”) long associated with waterproofing and adhesion, and even with ...

The Ohio Department of Transportation is warning motorists Friday about a couple of areas where downed power lines have ...