When we talk about a phalanx in a military context, we automatically think of Alexander the Great’s Macedonian army, with its ...

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Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world’s oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate ...

Proto-cuneiform was an ancient Mesopotamia writing system that ... The four original inventions of writing are in Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and the South American Mayan culture. There may, however, ...

Researchers from the University of Bologna have unveiled how ancient cylinder seals played a key role in the development of ...

TEHRAN - Archaeologists in Iraq have recently uncovered hundreds of ancient artifacts dating back to the eras of ancient ...

A recet video by the British Museum described how its cuneiform instructions could be followed to find the resting place of ...

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"Although its origins and transmissions are difficult to trace with any certainty, the lotus flower motif was part of an ...