A complete copy of the Canopus Decree in hieroglyphics has been presented in Egypt, a unique discovery after 150 years.

Have you ever wanted to learn how to read hieroglyphs? Egyptologist Chris Naunton explores the history of hieroglyphs and how ...

A 1,300-year-old Mayan altar at Copan reveals new interpretations suggesting that its carved hands conceal four dates from the calendar.

Ars Technica: The Voyager Golden Record is perhaps the best known example of humans attempting to communicate with an alien ...

Explore the 8 rarest historical artifacts that changed history. Learn how ancient relics like the Rosetta Stone and Dead Sea ...

Hundreds of millions of viewers across five continents watched the inauguration of Egypt’s Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), an event that generated over 705 major stories across 215 international outlets, ...

Dave Peterson thought he did the smart thing. He landed in Dublin, Ireland with his family this past summer, lined up a rental car from Hertz, and shelled out more than four hundred dollars for what ...

Google Translate is, er, having some issues. For instance, if you open the tool, select Maori as the language you want Google to translate from, and type "dog" 16 times in the box for translation, ...

Translation is the process by which a protein is synthesized by the ribosome, using a messenger RNA (mRNA) template. Directed evolution is typically a slow and labor-intensive process that relies on ...

AD PRO members enjoy exclusive benefits. Get a year of unlimited access for $25 $20 per month. The mania had actually swept Europe the century before, after Napoleon’s 1798 invasion of Egypt, during ...

The river was helpful for growing food in a hot place, as well as crops that made clothes and paper. It was located along the River Nile in north-east Africa. I better write this down! Oh! I’ve lost ...

There's a charm to being a repeat visitor to a city that's not your own. There's already a baseline of knowledge and a handful of tourist attractions ticked off. I land in Seattle before boarding the ...