Hieroglyphs appear beautiful but baffling. However, these ancient Egyptian signs are not as complicated as they seem. Once you realize that they can simply spell out words just like our alphabet does, hieroglyphs become much easier to understand.

Ever wondered when the alphabet was invented?

Beneath the streets of Los Angeles lies one of the most prolific fossil sites in the world. At the La Brea Tar Pits, millions of fossils including giant sloths, dire wolves, saber-toothed cats, and mammoths have surfaced from ancient asphalt, offering a r...

Hawaiian petroglyphs dating back at least a half-millennium are visible on Oahu for the first time in years, thanks to seasonal ocean swells that peel away sand covering a panel of more than two dozen images of mostly human-looking stick figures.

Discover the Seikilos Epitaph, the world’s oldest complete song with lyrics and music, carved in stone over 2,000 years ago in ancient Greece.

Join Joanne Pillsbury, Andrall E. Pearson Curator of Ancient American Art, and curator Laura Filloy Nadal, along with Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director and CEO, and special guest Alejandro de Avila to celebrate the renovation and reopening of the...

Since ancient times, humans have believed in the special power of words to change the world around them... and they might be right!

Locked within the stones and fossils of Petrified Forest National Park lies a record of life, death, and resilience during one of Earth's most extreme periods of environmental change. What secrets do these fossilized ecosystems reveal about the prehistori...

Deep beneath the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, inside the limestone caverns of Luray, lies one of the strangest and most hauntingly beautiful musical instruments ever devised—not strung, not plucked, not blown, but struck by hammers upon stalactites.

Rising like a bronze sun god over the harbor of Rhodes, the Colossus was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World—a colossal statue that symbolized the power, pride, and resilience of a people who refused to be conquered.

St. Peter Stiftskulinarium in Salzburg, Austria, is the world’s oldest restaurant, serving guests since 803 AD in a stunning monastery setting.

See a virtual reconstruction of this remarkable Moche shield. The intricate details of the shield convey movement, and reveal the skills of Moche metalsmiths in the first millennium CE, centuries before the rise of the Incas.

We've been coming up with games to pass the time for just about as long as we've had writing, but sadly, not all of our oldest board games come with the rule books intact.

In the heart of southeastern Zimbabwe, nestled amidst rolling hills and savannahs, lie the majestic ruins of Great Zimbabwe—a city of stone that once pulsed with life, commerce, and culture.

Let’s take a time-traveling musical journey all the way back to the Bronze Age, where we find Hurrian Hymn No. 6—the oldest known piece of music ever written down. Buckle up, we’re going back over 3,400 years, and yes, this song slaps in cuneiform.