References to "blood money" appear in letters, treaties, legal documents, and debt contracts under the term "damum." The ...

Sure, it was important to keep track of commercial and economic details, but it was just as important to write out ancient ...

Each hour would have 100 minutes décimales in turn made up of 100 secondes décimales. The time system was part of a wider ...

A new study has revealed that mysterious signs carved onto Paleolithic artifacts up to 40,000 years ago match the information density of the world's earliest known writing system — pushing the deep ...

The history of writing down thoughts and feelings could be tens of thousands of years older than previously believed, surprising archaeologists who made the discovery. The researchers discerned ...

A SYSTEM OF caves in the Swabian Jura, a mountain range in what is now southwest Germany, offers archaeologists a window onto the life of the first anatomically modern Europeans. Between 43,000 and 34 ...

A 40,000-year-old figurine, unearthed in a German cave in 1979, is offering fresh insight into the cognitive abilities of Europe's earliest distinct cultures. The "Adorant figurine," crafted from ...

From 3500–3000 B.C., the Sumerians of ancient Mesopotamia, in what is now Iraq, carved wedge-shaped signs on clay tablets with reed pens. These are cuneiform, the oldest known writing system. The ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

A newly decoded collection of 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets from Babylonia sheds light on this belief system, revealing the prophetic warnings that shaped the destiny of kings and empires. These ...

In this video, I explore working with bismuth, highlighting its mild radioactivity and sharing surprising facts you probably didn’t know. All of the music used in this video is from Epidemic Sound.

Cuneiform tablets are among the earliest surviving written records in human history. By recreating tablets from the Epic of Gilgamesh in gingerbread, the process highlights how cuneiform was formed, ...