British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchased some ancient stones with mysterious inscriptions on them at a flea market in ...

If not for the work of two scholars, Alice Kober and Michael Ventris, the ancient Greek script Linear B would likely still be a mystery.

On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...

Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient ...

While still a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient ...

This is the Arabic placement. It is a proficiency-based exam aiming at identifying your level of proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic. The exam tests for high elementary, intermediate and high ...

A free online platform designed to teach Arabic to non-native speakers was recently launched by Al Qasimia University, in an attempt to help spread Arabic learning in the community. Named 'Mubeen ...

The Sterkfontein excavation site, which exposes the ancient deposits that once formed underground and contain Australopithecus fossils. The fossil-bearing red sediments clearly contrast with the grey ...

A breakup? The end of a friendship? The death of a pet? Tell us about one such loss and what it meant to you. By Natalie Proulx A “Simpsons” voice actor is concerned about A.I. coming for his ...

The site was built long before writing was invented ... Was Stonehenge an ancient calendar? A new study says no. The Carnac stones, located in Brittany in northwestern France, date back around ...

The study ricocheted around the world. Almost 200 news stories promoted the idea that we remember things better when we write them down by hand instead of typing. It confirmed what many of us ...