An ochre dot in Spain may hold one of the oldest, most complete Neandertal fingerprints, hinting at symbolic behavior in our ancient relatives.

They had unearthed a 4,500-year-old flint blade fragment — a rare Stone Age find — in the Kernmünsterland region, along ...

I never expected to make a meaningful contribution to one of the world’s last undeciphered writing systems—especially not ...

The British Museum in London is famous for its massive collection of artifacts from across the globe. Some of its treasures ...

Published in the Journal of Palaeogeography (Chinese Edition), this work underscores the journal’s role as a hub for ...

Many unexpected treasures have turned out to be true storytellers, solving mysteries and illuminating the shadows of the past ...

The Rosetta Stone is a slab of ancient stone that bears identical text inscribed in three different writing systems: ...

The Latin alphabet is the most recognizable form of written language, whose history goes back to the eras of ancient Greek ...

If we exclude the sources of the Blue Nile, ultimately a work of nature, the most important and striking monument in Ethiopia ...

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

From there, further understanding of ancient Egypt’s language and culture flourished. The Rosetta Stone spent two years in a tube station. The Rosetta Stone under a glass frame and on display in ...

French Savant Pierre-François Bouchard finding the Rosetta Stone is just the beginning of unlocking the secret language of ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics. Along with the efforts of Thomas Young ...