Archaeologists have unearthed a peculiar ancient stone slab in Iraq depicting an Assyrian emperor from the seventh century BC surrounded by deities worshipped in the Mesopotamian civilisation. The ...

Spanish archaeologists recently announced the discovery of an ancient stone with perplexing symbols carved onto it. The symbols, experts believe, are actually an ancient alphabet. If their ...

An archaeological find in Mexico revealed a stone slab with 123 hieroglyphic symbols that, in part, describe the founding of a town in 569 AD. The slab was located on the floor of what was once a pool ...

Archeologists in Spain have recently uncovered an ancient rock slab with an alphabet inscribed that predates the Rosetta Stone by roughly 400 years. The discovery in southwest Spain is believed to be ...

A prehistoric monument unearthed at a 3,000-year-old funerary complex in Spain points to gender roles in the region likely being more fluid than previously thought. The stone slab, uncovered during an ...

Researchers couldn't figure out this ancient Roman game. So they let AI play it thousands of times until it cracked the code.

News of ancient Celtic symbols popping up in Spain might come as a surprise to those who think of the culture as being restricted to territories contiguous with Britain. But in ancient times, Celtic ...

A mysterious millennia-old slab sat undisturbed in storage for more than a century. Scientists found it was a gigantic map, likely used by a Bronze Age prince to rule the area. They now want to use ...

Ancient Egypt exerts a powerful pull on the imagination of every generation, refusing to stay buried in the past. But much of what we now take for granted about this world of mummies, pyramids and ...

Archaeologists initially believed a stone slab at the northern end of the pit to be a grave.