While excavating clay cylinders in Syria, archaeologists discovered a rare find: an early writing system. The script has given scholars the new challenge of reinvestigating the timeline of alphabetic ...

In late autumn 2021, receding waters of Georgia's Bashplemi Lake exposed a small stone slab etched with unfamiliar symbols, ...

Somewhere in the mid­dle of all that, Poppy finished Empty Hands — her most propulsive record yet, which distills the emotional voltage, sharp edges and mischievous playfulness of her entire career ...

As early as 4,500 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, for instance, gender-diverse people held important roles in society with ...

After 35 years of teaching fiction writing, the prize-winning author shares her wisdom. First tip? Don’t write what you know… I don’t think it’s a bad thing to want to write a first sentence so ...

A silver necklace believed to depict the goddess Ishtar, featuring a lion figure and an eight-pointed star, is unearthed at the 2,200-year-old Amos ancient city in the Marmaris district of Mugla, ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from The Sumerian Game The Sumerian Game is a text-based strategy video game of land and resource management. It was developed as part of a joint research ...

Filmmakers at Trinity College Dublin have banded together to release a world’s first: a film performed entirely in the ancient and dead language of Sumerian. Directed and produced by Professor Martin ...

Students and staff at Trinity College Dublin have produced the world's first film in the ancient - and dead - Sumerian language. 'Dumuzi's Dream and Dumuzi's Demons' is a dramatisation of a ...

Miguel Rojas wasn't playing much early in the World Series. But the Los Angeles Dodgers put him into the lineup for Game 6, and he's back in there for Game 7. Fans are noticing the necklace he's ...