Smithsonian Magazine on MSN8d
4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Show Ancient Sumerians’ Obsession With Government Bureaucracy
The artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...
Live Science on MSN14h
Human sacrifices found in a Bronze Age tomb in Turkey were mostly teenage girls
Archaeologists are unsure why unrelated teenagers were buried in an elaborate Bronze Age tomb but think their age may be a ...
Greek Reporter22h
From Ancient Greek Carob Seeds to Modern Carats: The Origins of a Precious Measurement
The carob seed which became the modern carats shows how ancient Greeks devised ingenious ways to ensure fairness in trade.
Greek Reporter15h
Study Finds Connection Between Arabian God Kahl and Greek Demigod Hercules
A new study links the ancient Arabian god Kahl to the Greek hero Hercules, revealing shared warrior imagery and cultural ...
Christianity Today7d
Big Digs, Bad Detectives
Going big and going early leads to an uptick in public interest and in those necessary donations. Unfortunately, it also ...
Trojans of all classes enjoyed a nice jug of wine
He poured the drink, going from right to left, for all the other gods, drawing off sweet nectar from the mixing bowl.” It ...
CNN27d
No one knows what this ancient script says. Now there’s a $1 million prize to crack the code
such as ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Maya. That is largely because of the undeciphered script, which was found on artifacts such as pottery and stone seals. There are a few reasons it’s ...