Researchers have recently made groundbreaking progress in decoding mysterious symbols found on ancient tablets, potentially unlocking secrets of ancient civilizations. These discoveries could ...

An analysis of ancient “nailed heads” from Spain found some local skulls, likely symbols of respect, and foreign ones, likely symbols of intimidation. Photo from the Autonomous University of Barcelona ...

News of ancient Celtic symbols popping up in Spain might come as a surprise to those who think of the culture as being restricted to territories contiguous with Britain. But in ancient times, Celtic ...

For thousands of years, humans have had to rely on whatever tools they could easily make themselves. While many of these tools were incredible ancient discoveries that revolutionized early ...

Depiction of a relief from Khorsabad, the Assyrian capital during the time of Sargon II. For roughly two centuries, from ca. 900 -- 700 BCE, the Near Eastern empires of Neo-Assyria and Urartu ...