British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchased some ancient stones with mysterious inscriptions on them at a flea market in Athens. On a later trip to the excavations a ...

Ancient African civilizations are unique in how they interacted ... developing advanced farming techniques and possibly the world's earliest writing system. Their settlements housed thousands ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East ... helped scholars to unravel the mysteries of cuneiform—the world’s oldest ...

And now it carries a handsome cash prize: $1 million for anyone who can decipher the script of the ancient Indus Valley civilization. Relatively little is known about the creators of the script ...