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

The Ancient Egyptians developed ... made of individual letters, is a newer invention, but now, archaeologists believe they have discovered the “oldest known alphabet” ever found.

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

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon ... What we know about the Hittites is, by the standards of ancient history, incredibly new. Hittite writing wasn’t unlocked until 1915, when a linguist ...

There is however one thing that both the Coptic church members and Jewish families have in common with everyone else in the ...

Angel Favazza, an AP Literature and Composition and Honors Writing Center teacher at Stevenson High School, is also an author ...

In September, OU announced $498,129 in grant funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities had been awarded to ...

The date was chosen to coincide with guyu (“grain rain”), a traditional solar term (half-month seasonal division) starting on April 20 when ancient Chinese paid ... symbols” or hieroglyphics “Egyptian ...

The executive director of PA Humanities said the massive cuts will wipe out library, arts and civic programs across the ...

Evan Halleck says pursuing this project is “the most creatively alive” he’s felt since moving to L.A. 12 years ago to start ...