Charmaine Wilkerson on the Books She Can’t Stop Recommending
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. This post-apocalyptic novel follows a nomadic caravan of theatrical performers ...
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A $1 Million Reward Awaits Anyone Who Can Crack the Ancient Indus Script
The Indian state of Tamil Nadu is offering a $1 million bounty to experts who can successfully interpret the Indus Valley ...
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The Oldest Writing Systems in the World, Egyptian Comes Second
Before the current written scripts, texts, and linguistic manuscripts, there were various oldest writing systems emerging ...
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Why Did Ancient Greeks Write Without Spaces or Lowercase Letters?
One immediately notices that Ancient Greek writing exclusively used uppercase letters, without any lowercase ones. This ...
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Phillis Wheatley: The First African-American Poet Knew Ancient Greek
Phillis Wheatley came to America on a slave ship, but soon became its first African-American poet with knowledge of Latin ans ...
This New Archeological Museum Is the Largest in the World — With 100,000 Items From ...
Situated on the outskirts of Cairo and spanning 50 hectares — equivalent to approximately 93 American football fields — the ...
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Pamukkale: Turkey's 'cotton castle' of white limestone that inspired an ancient cult
The Pamukkale travertines are limestone slopes and thermal water pools that have attracted visitors since before the days of ...
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Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age Britain
A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient ...