Reexamining the Greek alphabet, Herodotus’ story of Phoenician origins may obscure earlier Linear B writing on palm leaves.

Tenzin Padrub, team leader of the local cultural relic survey team, says the Tuiwarela rock painting group, spanning a ...

On Sept. 27, 1822, French philologist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had deciphered ancient Egyptian ...

Ancient Greeks mastered communication through ingenuity and persistence, sharing information across land and time.

Eight timeless works of ancient wisdom show how resilience, clarity, and purpose remain vital for modern life, from Stoicism ...

The Museo Casa Kahlo, housed three blocks away from the famous Casa Azul, offers a window into the painter's private life.

ADDISON — Celine Thouin learned a lot as a student at Franklin Pierce University, and one of the skills she has held onto the ...

An ancient asteroid impact in Australia is revealed in shards of glass created when the giant space rock collided with the ...

Think you know your ABCs? Think again! From the letter J (which showed up centuries late) to the silent K that once loved the sound of its own voice, the English alphabet is packed with quirky ...

A letter claimed to have been written by a possessed nun almost 350 years ago has finally been translated. Sister Maria Crocifissa della Concezione was found on August 11, 1676 on the floor of her ...

The groundbreaking discovery points to the possibility of past life on Mars. A 3.5-billion-year old rock discovered on the Red Planet is "the closest we've come to discovering ancient life on Mars," ...

Newly discovered fossils in Ethiopia show that Homo coexisted with Australopithecus 2.6 million years ago, rewriting the timeline of human evolution. Far from a straight line, early human history was ...