An ancient society near the southern shores of Lake Titicaca in modern-day Bolivia was once one of the continent's most ...

5 fast facts about Ancient China. Around 3,000 years ago, people in ancient China used "oracle bones" — tortoise shells or bones inscribed with Chinese writing — to predict the future.

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In the Algerian desert, dazzling alfresco galleries provide an eloquent record of ancient civilizations. Here’s how you can visit. Sandstone rock formations and dunes fill Tassili n’Ajjer ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

Gemstones, valued for their beauty and rarity, also held deep spiritual and cultural significance in ancient civilizations. From Egypt's protective amulets to India's Ayurvedic uses, China's jade ...