Beneath the Teotihuacan pyramid in Mexico, the remains of 2,000-year-old flower offerings were discovered within an ...

Archaeological discoveries indicate that alphabetic writing dates back 500 years earlier than previously believed. What ...

An ancient treasure found decades ago has recently been confirmed to include alien metal, which was used in crafting two ...

Four clay cylinders inscribed with what might be the oldest known evidence of alphabetic writing are 500 years older than other early alphabets, according to new research.

The bones of six skeletons were found with gold and silver ornaments, kitchen utensils, iron spearhead, and well-preserved ...

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

Life-size 2nd-3rd century AD Eastern Roman carved limestone bust of wealthy Palmyrene lady. Distinguished line of provenance. Academic report b ...

This discovery, dated to around 2400 BCE, predates previously known alphabetic scripts by approximately 500 years, ...

Although far from the oldest writing we have found, these cylinders are 500 years older than any previously known example of alphabetic script, if that is indeed what they carry.

BCE clay cylinders with oldest known alphabetic writing were uncovered in Syria, challenging the origins of the alphabet.

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