Ancient tablets reveal magic, kings, and daily life, offering new insight into early civilizations over 4,000 years ago.

Now, French archaeologist François Desset and his colleagues say they have cracked much of it. If confirmed, their work would ...

Recent ancient DNA studies, a 3,000-year-old inscribed tablet in Georgia, and the enduring legacy of Celtic symbols are reshaping ideas about human history. Genetic research reveals repeated migration ...

The oldest cultivated fruit might also be the oldest crop in general, and it comes from the seat of human civlization, ...

An ancient Roman funerary stone was recovered by the FBI in New Orleans. It was returned to Italy in a ceremony in Rome on ...

From Babylonian diagnostic tablets to Egyptian afterlife scrolls, ancient civilizations blended meticulous observation with supernatural belief. These artifacts reveal a world where healing, magic, ...

Sensitive pruning is set to take place on a famous yew tree with the aim of halting recent structural deterioration.

Special works are to take place to preserve a Derbyshire tree that is believed to be up to 2,000 years old from "catastrophic ...

A New Orleans resident reported finding the Roman imperial-period tablet in May of 2025 while she was cleaning up her ...

Pyrgi’s Pelasgian roots reveal links between Etruscans and Greeks through tradition, sanctuaries, and shared origins.

The 4,000-year-old Linear Elamite script from what is now Iran has long eluded archaeologists hoping to unlock the secrets of ...

Of all literary forms, poetry is one of the most ancient. The oldest known poem is the Epic of Gilgamesh, which was inscribed ...