Babylonian kings routinely sacrificed royal stand-ins to avoid eclipse prophecies. From the museum's collection of 130,000 ...

While literacy rates have varied greatly around the world and throughout time, using the written word to share ideas and ...

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After digging a little deeper, they found two more teeth just below the surface. Realizing the find might be something special, the homeowner called in experts, and soon a full excavation was ...

Gardaí attached to the Cork City Divisional Drugs Unit discovered and seized 15,000 ecstasy tablets, with an estimated street value of €150,000 and half a kilogramme of cocaine, worth €35,000.

The Kish tablet is “only” 5,500 years old, whereas the oldest cave painting that features three humans and a pig dates back to 50,000 years. However, cave paintings illustrate scenes rather than ...

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Archaeologists in Iraq excavated a 2,600-year-old temple and found shrines, a stone monument and written tablets, photos show. Photo from the Penn Museum Ancient invaders tore through a massive ...

Archaeologists also found “well-preserved clay tablets with cuneiform inscriptions” describing “the temple’s economic activities,” the museum said. A photo shows one of these tablets.