Piecing together the puzzle of the world's earliest datable rune stone
Piecing together fragments of the world's earliest known rune stone shows they fit together like a jigsaw puzzle and may have ...
Ancient alphabetic writing unearthed by UC Santa Cruz professor remains a mystery
While still a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient ...
How Alexander the Great redrew the map of the world
He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...
Remembering the lost art of calligraphy in Kashmir from the 7th century to the late 19th century
“The artist who, in the shadow of the throne of His Majesty, has become a master of calligraphy is Muhammad Husain of Kashmir ...
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If We’re Renaming the Gulf of Mexico, Let’s Consider All Our Options
Still, if we do want to rename the Gulf of Mexico, our best bet would be to give it a name that sounds so indisputably cool ...
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Battle of Raphia: How Did It Reshape Ancient Syria?
BCE, two titans of the Hellenistic world clashed in one of the ancient world’s largest battles to decide the fate of ...
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Only U.S. Opportunity To See Artifact With Oldest Alphabetic Sentence At SAU
Science on Tap is a free, monthly event hosted by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and debuting on Feb. 11, intended to bring UTC experts to the community to address questions about ... more ...
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The Oldest Writing Systems in the World, Egyptian Comes Second
Before the current written scripts, texts, and linguistic manuscripts, there were various oldest writing systems emerging ...
Guide to the classics: Aristotle’s Poetics is a bible for screenwriters – but it’s often misread
No other classic text has left such a mark on how we tell stories, create theatre, and structure film. But what does it ...
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Mapping the Cosmos: The Birth of Astronomy and Astrology in Ancient Egypt and Babylon
Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy, who lived in Egypt, built upon Babylonian knowledge in his geocentric model of the ...
Lost Civilization Unveiled: Middle Bronze Age Tablets Reveal Hidden Mesopotamian History
New findings at Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets and monumental ruins, reveal insights into Middle Bronze Age life and ...
How the Egyptian writing was decoded
The knowledge of writing is not very old compared to human history. It was only invented 5,000 years ago. It is one of the most important human inventions because, without it, it would have been ...