Items such as writing tablets, styluses — even ancient trash — could offer glimpses into the daily lives of Roman Londoners. Property developers in Britain routinely have to bring in ...

Wales and Cornwall — England’s southwesternmost ... In fact, the atmospheric medieval ruins we see today were built expressly to tap into the Arthurian myth, says Win Scutt, senior properties ...

The origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images imprinted by ancient cylinder seals on clay tablets and other artifacts. A research group from the University of Bologna has identified a ...

The alphabetic writing system was identified on finger-length clay cylinders excavated from a tomb in an ancient Syrian city known as Tell Umm-el Marra. The artifacts came to light during a 16 ...