New Scientist

A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began

Early writing is a tale of two scripts. Egyptian hieroglyphs and Mesopotamian cuneiform both emerged independently about 5300 years ago. The political powers of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia ...

Workers Were Building a Highway—and Discovered an Ancient Temple Buried by a Flood

It took a modern road project digging through nearly 10 feet of muddy river sediment to reveal an ancient temple site in the ...
Greek Reporter

2,500-Year-Old Pre-Roman Sanctuary Buried by Ancient Flood Discovered in Italy

Archaeologists in northern Italy uncovered a 2,500-year-old pre-Roman sanctuary with inscriptions, later buried by an ancient ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Officials Are Offering $1 Million to Anyone Who Can Decode This Ancient Script

Seals with the signs and symbols of the Indus Valley civilization are waiting to be deciphered. Gary Todd via Wikimedia Commons under CC0 1.0 More than 5,300 years ago, a civilization emerged along ...
CNN

Stunning map of ancient roads will give you a good reason to think about the Roman Empire more often

How often do you think about the Roman Empire? For a team of international researchers who went all in and mapped the ancient Roman road system, the answer — truly — is every day. And now, anyone can ...