Co-authors Kathryn Kelley and Mattia Cartolano from the University of Bologna's Department of Classical Philology and Italian ...

The 2,000-year-old geoglyphs offer clues to the ancient Nazca people and their rituals.

Making the jump from using symbols to writing is considered a major development in human cognitive abilities. Tracing how and ...

A new exhibition that documents the impact of the Industrial Revolution features several 1800s artists, writers and thinkers ...

Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.

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When it comes to politics, Meta and Zuckerberg have decided that there is no winning. At this pivotal moment, it is simply ...

Charles Sehe, a war hero and scholar whose contributions to science and freedom are well documented in museums and libraries, died Nov. 1 at age 101 surrounded by family and prayers — and ready to ...

But the origins of proto-cuneiform’s emergence have been murky, and many of its symbols remain undeciphered. Researchers conducting a careful analysis of proto-cuneiform symbols were surprised ...

Research suggests ancient Mesopotamian trade symbols found on cylinder seals contributed to the development of proto-cuneiform writing.

Germain's Champions League match against Atletico Madrid was “unacceptable,” French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said ...

Anthropologists have spent decades documenting a mysterious collection of symbols etched into the Peruvian desert, depicting everything from human decapitation and domesticated animals to ...