The oldest reference in the first known writing — cuneiform — was not about gods or kings, but about beer. Lots of it. It was ...

Instead of referring to sounds in an essentially arbitrary way, pictures refer to the world. As such, they require no ...

The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom in the temple of Philae is the last known use of hieroglyphs in ancient Egypt, but why did they stop being used?

Going big and going early leads to an uptick in public interest and in those necessary donations. Unfortunately, it also ...

Cambridge University researchers found a manuscript with rare Arthurian tales bound into a ledger more than 400 years old and ...

While teaching humans about their ancient civilizations may seem like an odd job for artificial intelligence, it has ...

An Honorary Fellow at Oxford University's Wolfson College, Moudhy has spent much of her career translating the stories of the ...

Oxford historian, Dr Moudhy Al Rashid, on her book Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History ...

Beer is celebrated as one of the most popular and ancient alcoholic beverages globally. The article highlights the historical ...

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Joshua Hammer’s book about cuneiform, a writing system that defined the pre-Hellenic world as much as its monuments did, is a ...

The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...