From amulets and curse tablets to mysterious symbols etched in ruins, archaeology is shedding light on how magic shaped ancient cultures. This video explores fascinating discoveries that show how ...

Two 4,500-year-old seal impressions discovered on a Cycladic island may overturn everything we know about the birth of ...

The original meaning behind the cards, first created 500 years ago, still remains elusive. But that didn't stop our reporter ...

The inscription measures roughly four by five feet. Within its chiseled border lie 255 runic symbols — characters from Futhark, the oldest known runic alphabet used by Germanic peoples, particularly ...

Deep in the northern Ontario bush, strange runes on a stone have perplexed archaeologists. The runes are Swedish in origin. Who made them, and why?

Carving bears in amber — a natural material that looks like stone, floats in seawater, is translucent when polished, and smells fragrant when burned — may have been perceived as imbuing the ...

ASSAM: A vibrant tapestry of magic and mysticism – both black and white – encompasses the land; Pragjyotishpura, the ancient name for the region of present-day ...

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and more.

There are 20 Ancient Magic Hotspots for players to find in Hogwarts Legacy. Here's where each of them is located.

While still a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient artifacts in Syria marked with the oldest known alphabetic symbols.

Clay objects discovered during a dig at the ancient city of Umm el-Marra were engraved with symbols that may be part of the earliest known alphabet.