A set of ancient clay cylinders discovered in Syria may hold the earliest known example of alphabetic writing, predating Egypt’s script by centuries.

While excavating clay cylinders in Syria, archaeologists discovered a rare find: an early writing system. The script has given scholars the new challenge of reinvestigating the timeline of alphabetic ...

Think about walking through ruins that have witnessed empires rise and fall, where kings once ruled and civilizations ...

The 1850 discovery of King Ashurbanipal's vast library of cuneiform tablets at Nineveh illuminated fascinating records and ...