Was the Phoenician writing system a true alphabet? If not, what should it be called instead, and what was the earliest true ...

But even though we cannot decipher the text, it is still possible to analyze the hell out of it. The manuscript has been found to follow Zipf's law, a law that appears to be followed by all known ...

Pharaoh’s Animal Kingdom, a new exhibition for children at the Israel Museum, explores the relationship between animals and ...

Biblical names never go out of style – they've been among the most popular names for centuries. Here are some perennial favorites, and some you may not be familiar with.

Palestine, during the Bronze Age (c. 3300-1200 BCE). They developed all the hallmarks of an advanced culture, including art, ...

Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier says he has identified seven sets of crypto-hieroglyphs on the 75-foot-tall structure, which ...

A vast library was assembled in Assyria by King Ashurbanipal, who ruled ancient Mesopotamia about 2,700 years ago. The ...

The main pieces of evidence supporting the hydraulic theory were the discovery of a "dry moat" surrounding the pyramid, as well as a massive stone structure known as the Gisr el-Mudir. These features ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the first alphabet (from which many present-day writing systems derive).

The name Sham el-Nessim derives from the Coptic language, which is itself derived from the ancient Egyptian language. The original pronunciation was "tshom ni sime", which means garden meadows.

Celtic languages remain, including Welsh and Scottish Gaelic, which are still spoken primarily in the north west of both countries. There are also people speaking and writing Manx on the Isle of Man.