The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ‘sacred carving’. The ancient Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs had been invented by the gods.

Around 1800, London-based published Samuel William Fores continued the playful tradition of composite portraiture in a series ...

No one studying Maya hieroglyphs would get very far without being able to read the 19 numbers that form the base of their numbering system. Can you figure out their numbering system?

Sudan boasts even more pyramids than Egypt, but its treasured archaeological heritage is increasingly under threat from its ...

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A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...

Navaornis fills a ~70-million-year gap in our knowledge of the evolution of the unique bird brain. Navaornis hestiae (centre) ...

One afternoon, Jack and Mary, who are siblings, were on their way home on Nathan Road. Suddenly, Jack kicked something, and ...

Sega has unveiled an ultra-cute new way to communicate thanks to its new emojam pager – a diddy device that uses emojis ...

Archaeologists have found thousands of Maya structures and a lost city they named Valeriana in Mexico by using laser mapping ...

Trump plans mass deportations and climate policy reversals on day 1 at the White House. Anaya Bangar, formerly Aryan, opens ...