A possible 40,000-year-old proto-writing system is reshaping the story of humanity’s earliest methods of communication.

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 ...

One of the most outstanding messengers in ancient history was Euchid, who gained fame for his journey following the Battle of ...

Why did it take people so long to learn to read silently?' ...

After a lengthy design process and stop-start construction phases, Zayed National Museum finally opened to the public in ...

Speaking with George Packer at the New Orleans Book Festival, the author was eager to return to the subject of fiction.

The Indus script has been called, with irony, the most deciphered script in the world. The first claim to a decipherment, based on the Sumerian language, was published as early as 1925. More than a ...

The Pope has accepted the resignation of the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq. Cardinal Louis Sako's retirement ...

In 1978, the people of Iran erupted into protests against the shah. He was quickly overthrown, and he and his family went ...

With new screen adaptations, healthy book sales and new generations of fans, Agatha Christie is more popular than ever fifty years after her death ...

Kaiser Wilhelm II was an erratic despot known for unhinged foreign policy schemes. The result was catastrophe ...

The Egyptians, Greeks, and Phoenicians have made some of the earliest vessels to travel across seas and oceans. Around 8000 B.C., the Pesse canoe carved from a single pine log is known to be the world ...