A team of researchers from the British Museum, led by Diego Tamburini, recently examined the tablet fragments using advanced ...

Callimachus, the Ancient Greek genius, influenced library organization and the poetic preference for shorter verses over long ...

Fragment of a Neo-Assyrian tablet preserving wax, in the British Museum. ( The Trustees of the British Museum) The writing ...

Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong and NSW Minister for Multiculturalism Steve Kamper have formally responded to ...

The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

Photograph by AKG/Album Early Muslim medicine drew on traditional practices from the region, some dating back to ancient ... Greek and Roman theory of humors, attributed to Hippocrates, writing ...

Numerous cuneiform tablets relate tales ... hairpins and beaded necklaces from Troy resemble aspects of jewelry found in Greece, central Turkey, Mesopotamia and the IndusValley.

As far back as the Ancient Laws of China ... In the 5th Century BC, the Roman Law of the Twelve Tablets codified the death penalty. Again, the death penalty was different for nobility, freemen ...

Of Medical Misogyny. Naomi May investigates the role of medical misogyny and how to rewrite the prognosis. Life + Culture ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science has revealed the materials and techniques used in the production of writing ... also produced tablets with dark surfaces, a practice ...