Found etched into clay cylinders in Syria, the strange symbols date to around 2400 B.C.E.—500 years before other known ...

Using drones and Google Earth imagery, archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old network of earthen canals in what’s ...

Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city, is opening a new subway system, blending ancient archaeological treasures with ...

The early writing appears to date to around 2400 B.C.—preceding the previous most bygone examples by roughly 500 years.

The ancient Cippi of Malta have returned to their homeland and are now featured in an extraordinary exhibition at the ...

A finger-sized clay cylinder from a tomb in northern Syria appears to be the oldest example of writing using an alphabet ...

Winter is the perfect time for a road trip from Ahmedabad to Kutch, and the route to Dholavira, known as the "Road to Heaven," is one of the most rewarding jour ...

Researchers have discovered evidence of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history. The writing was etched onto clay cylinders discovered during a dig at an ancient Syrian city.

What appears to be evidence of some of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is etched onto finger-length, clay ...

At an archaeological excavation site in western Syria, Schwartz unearthed a “finger-length” clay cylinder with etched ...

Some remarkably advanced human civilizations existed long before us, and we're only beginning to understand them today.

The above title belongs to a small but carefully-mounted exhibition on the “Ancient world of the Indus Valley”which was on view till a few weeks back... The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, ...