Explore ancient writing systems, manuscripts, and inscriptions from archaeological sites.
New research is offering a fresh way to think about one of history's most enduring enigmas: the Voynich Manuscript. Long ...
An unassuming but important metal vessel, uncovered by archaeologists working at the Molinete Archaeological Park in Cartagena, the ancient Roman ...
New research presents a fresh perspective on one of medieval Europe’s most famous artifacts, suggesting the Bayeux Tapestry may have ...
A new study challenges a widely repeated story about how the Black Death spread across Asia in the mid-14th century, ...
A recent study has decoded how Maya astronomers forecasted solar eclipses with astonishing accuracy more than a thousand years ago, ...
Archaeologists have identified Ix Ch’ak Ch’een as one of the rulers of the ancient Maya city of Cobá, and uncovered ...
A new study published in Current Anthropology may have solved one of the largest mysteries of ancient Mesoamerica—the language spoken ...
Every year, approximately 1,500 ancient Latin inscriptions are found within the territory of the former Roman Empire. These texts—carved on ...
A Buddhist scroll hidden for decades within a Mongolian Gungervaa shrine has been virtually unrolled by researchers in Berlin through ...
Over recent years, digitization efforts have made sixteenth- and seventeenth-century printed books more widely available than ever before. Scholars are ...
