According to the Federal Reserve Board, the central banking system of the US, the US officially adopted the dollar sign in ...

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...

Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.

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The 2,000-year-old geoglyphs offer clues to the ancient Nazca people and their rituals.

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This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious ...

Anthropologists have spent decades documenting a mysterious collection of symbols etched into the Peruvian desert, depicting everything from human decapitation and domesticated animals to ...

In the 2016 science fiction movie Arrival, a linguist is faced with the daunting task of deciphering an alien language ...

Anticipation is building for the December release of Squid Game 2, as Netflix prepares to continue the series that captivated ...