This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

Rajesh Rao, a computer scientist and Indus script scholar, says he receives emails every week from people claiming they’ve figured out the ancient script. According to Rao, most of these ...

"Some of the rhetoric in the famous poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, is actually from the hysterical state of mind that people had once they got this disease," Professor Mabberley says.

The discovery of ancient artifacts in surprising places ... basing his observations on official photographs of the statue. “People prayed to divinities and made dedications to them in thanks ...

Yet, does the name “Africa” evoke a sense of belonging for the continent’s people? The evidence suggests ... Historical names such as Bantu, Akan and Benin better represent the continent ...

SCIENTISTS have finally cracked the ancient mystery of 1,400-year-old "alien rings" rising from the hills which were fuelling a tirade of conspiracy theories. Locals had been puzzled by the series ...

Archaeologists note that around the year 2,900 B.C., a “darkened Sun” would’ve been only one of the worries of these ancient people—DNA suggests that plague was also running rampant ...

Archaeologists working with the Israel Antiquities Authority recently uncovered what they believe to be a site of ancient ritualistic worship for the first time in Jerusalem. The team of ...

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 ...

Some odd ancient earth rings in Australia that could be over a thousand years old have had their origins revealed. The bizarre rings were found on the outskirts of what is now Melbourne, with the ...

Young people donning traditional Vietnamese costumes in ancient styles during a parade of the ‘Tet Viet - Tet Pho 2025’ program in Hanoi, January 19, 2025. Photo: Nguyen Hien / Tuoi Tre More than 400 ...

They are thought to have been created by ancient people living in these regions by digging out and clumping together earth forming a large circle, or circles, sometimes measuring hundreds of ...