One immediately notices that Ancient Greek writing exclusively used uppercase letters, without any lowercase ones. This ...

While still a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient ...

Scientists have digitally "unwrapped" a 2,000-year-old charred scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum - providing the first glimpse inside the ancient document since it was buried by Mount Vesuvius ...

But no one else had found any written material in any of the other ... study of the cylinders and is currently writing a book about the diffusion of ancient Egyptian objects through the modern ...

For example, by studying people's names, word choice and writing styles ... between elite and non-elite lifestyles in ancient cities. The material culture and dietary practices reflect a community ...

Researchers made the new discoveries during field work at the Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan. The research provides insights into regional heritage and fills gaps in knowledge about how ancient ...

Researchers have extracted ancient proteins from australopithecine fossils and determined whether they were male or female — ...

Dec. 5, 2024 — Researchers have tested ancient DNA from corn found at archaeological sites in Arkansas, shedding new light on the dispersal of one of the world's ... We Might Feel Love in Our ...

New genetic evidence traces the roots of English, Sanskrit, and hundreds of other languages to a group of hunter-gatherers in ...