The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

The Chinese characters for Yongle Dadian, using the newly developed digital font. CHINA DAILY . A style of calligraphy once used to record one of ancient China's most ambitious sc ...

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A major claim in the older media cycle was that NASA removed the book and related materials. Whatever happened during the original wave of reporting, the current reality is clear: NASA now provides an ...

In a study published in the journal Iraq, Dr. Troels Arbøll analyzed medical prescriptions from ancient Mesopotamia to ...

Recovered from Bashplemi Lake in Dmanisi, southern Georgia, a basalt artifact is under review as experts assess its age, ...

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Shilajit is a natural herbomineral. It develops through the gradual decomposition of plant matter and microbial life trapped between layers of rock in the Himalaya region. The time period for this to ...

This specific iconography of subjugation — a bound captive struck by a weapon — has deep roots in Egyptian state ideology. It parallels famous early dynastic scenes like those at Gebel Sheikh Suleiman ...