New research led by Associate Professor Willemijn Waal suggests that the Greek alphabet may have originated centuries earlier ...

The Greek alphabet, believed to have emerged in the eighth century BC, is undergoing a reevaluation by Leiden University.

On the walls he saw writing. But it wasn't English or Native American writing. It was Ancient Egyptian Heiroglypics. Kincaid lifted his flashlight and saw that the tunnel ran far into the distance. He ...

From sailing on the ship that once welcomed Agatha Christie to levels of luxury worthy of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, find ...

BREWSTER COUNTY, Texas — An archaeological site in the Big Bend region of West Texas unveiled a trove of ancient weapons, making it “potentially the oldest example of an intact full weapon system in ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a Minoan ivory scepter with the longest Linear A inscription in the Anetaki area of Knossos.

By the tech standards of today, USB 2.0 seems very dated—it's not especially fast and it doesn't offer much in the way of ...

A collection of artefacts collected 2,500 years ago in modern-day Iraq reveal the forgotten world of Mesopotamia, home to ...

Imagine being able to travel back thousands of years, not with a time machine, but through the words our ancestors spoke. It ...

To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ...

The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

Study challenges long-held assumptions about the Mediterranean Phoenician-Punic civilization, one of the most influential ...