Every week, Rajesh PN Rao, a computer scientist, gets emails from people claiming they've cracked an ancient script that ... is perhaps the most important system of writing that is undeciphered ...

As the number 60 has ... base-60 fraction system continues to inform divisions of degrees, hours, minutes and seconds. This was because it is easier to calculate with than the alternative fractions ...

Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin throughout the programme, plus up to three additional languages chosen from a wide selection including Akkadian, Aramaic, Egyptian, Sumerian, Syriac and ...

The Minoans used a writing system ... These ancient texts tell us that King Minos engaged in a “meeting” with Zeus every nine years. Scholars have interpreted this to really mean every eight years due ...

Ancient Egyptians mummified baboons for religious purposes, but new research reveals they were likely raised in captivity ...

Saqqara is located about 25 miles southwest of Cairo as "one of the most important cities in ancient Egyptian history," says the Ministry’s website. It adds, "Saqqara is truly an open-air museum ...

Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

In 1862, an American antiquities dealer was in an Egyptian marketplace, squinting at a scroll. The scroll was written in hieratic, a type of ancient Egyptian cursive, and the dealer, Edwin Smith, wasn ...

Inscriptions on his tomb suggest that Teti Neb Fu was famous in ancient Egypt and had a number of titles. These include "chief doctor of the palace" as well as "priest and magician" of the goddess ...

The venerable auction house is unloading one-of-a-kind gold necklaces, rings, trinkets and more from ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt that cost far less than modern pieces from modern luxury ...