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 ...

The Sphinx sits right next to a pharaoh’s pyramid complex, which makes many historians think it was built to watch over his ...

Long before Western astrology, the Chinese zodiac helped organize years, beliefs, and social life. Here’s how the system of 12 animals evolved over the centuries.

Leonardo Da Vinci famously utilized left-handed mirror script for personal notes, effectively reversing his handwriting to keep private thoughts concealed.

The name “Jesus” is an English import, not an early first-century name. For the Galilean teacher at the heart of the ...

“His name would probably have been in Aramaic: Yeshua.” In this single statement, Professor Dineke Houtman returns a familiar ...

In different passage, Aulus tells us about some bookstalls he came across when he arrived by ship at the port of Brundisium ...

John Starbuck argues the case for Emily Brontë’s novel to be filmed as a trilogy Well done to Samantha Ellis for recognising that Wuthering Heights is not a conventional love story, nor was it ever ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

The teams raced through Athens, Greece, and host Phil Keoghan shocked everyone by announcing a live Double U-Turn vote. The teams had to vote in front of each other, which added stress and pressure to ...

Every day I walk on campus and see segments of my history. I see Greek letters emblazoned on the chests of students, eager to signal their involvement in fraternity brotherhood and sorority sisterhood ...

What do secret societies, infectious diseases, and male dominance hierarchies have in common? They all make use of a symbol system that was first developed over 2,500 years ago. Since that time, it ...