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 scholarly projects is ...

The 1850 discovery of King Ashurbanipal's vast library of cuneiform tablets at Nineveh illuminated fascinating records and ...

Language is one of the most resilient components of culture. Though many languages have disappeared over the course of thousands of years, many are thriving today and carrying on the traditions and ...

In a significant stride toward uncovering the deep-rooted cultural and historical legacy of the Nocte region, Arunachal Pradesh Minister for Environment & Forest, Geology, Mining and Minerals, and ...

Throughout ancient Egyptian history, taxes were very much part of daily life. Most Egyptians were farmers who owed the state both a period of labor service and a portion of their annual harvest. The ...

A terracotta figurine in the form of a pig was made in Egypt around 3000 b.c., during the Early Dynastic period. Pork accounts for more than a third of the world’s meat, making pigs among the planet’s ...