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

Long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering the landscape of Central America’s ...

The discovery of this massive construction project indicates that aquatic foods at least partly supported the rise of Maya civilization roughly ... No signs of maize pollen turned up in the channel ...

Archaeologists from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) are revolutionising the excavation and documentation of ancient sites with cutting ... often regarded as a 'destructive ...

United States science envoy Rumman Chowdhury (left) discussed the areas that need to be addressed in the development and use of AI with CNA's Yasmin Jonkers. New: You can now listen to articles.

The Disc of Sabu: Ancient Egyptian Water Pump or Alien Hyperdrive? There is no doubt that the Ancient Egyptian civilization is filled with wonders ... alternative viewpoints and explanations of ...

In Mesopotamia, the birthplace of civilization, the earliest known writing ... Proto-cuneiform was an ancient Mesopotamia writing system that came at the end of the fourth millennium BC (Courtesy ...

The results of the analysis could change the way scholars understand how writing was invented, and what it suggests about the advancements of ancient civilizations that developed technologies such ...

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[Photo provided by Mingmei Li/China Daily] Spanning millennia, the history and mystery of Sanxingdui's ancient civilization is reaching international audiences through modern digital platforms.

NEW ORLEANS — Archaeologists using laser-sensing technology have detected what may be an ancient Mayan city ... with new details about how ancient civilizations were run. "We have always been ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say archeologists from Egypt and the United States unearthed an ancient tomb with 11 sealed burials near the famed city of Luxor. In a statement Friday ...