A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first ...

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Archaeologists excavating a 1,800-year-old pet cemetery in Berenike uncovered the writings of soldiers and other artifacts, photos show. Photo from M. Osypińska via Institute of Archaeology of the ...

History has seen many waves of Egyptomania but, until the 19th century, scholars remained baffled by the many repeated symbols and motifs wrapped around every new find, from majestic monuments to ...

When we read about the Greco-Roman world, we often hear the stories of famous and wealthy men and women. But the letters of ordinary people, preserved on papyri in Egypt, show us what they were ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to student Rob Stephan of the University of Michigan about a stash of ancient papyrus manuscripts he uncovered in a basement there. Among them were letters home from a Roman ...