Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Even in the ancient world, technology had limits—but sarcasm did not. Greek warriors wielded swords and spears, yet their slingshots offered a ...

An ancient "bullet" has been discovered inscribed with what scientists believe is a message for whoever might have been unlucky enough to be on the receiving end. The 1.3-inch-long projectile is made ...

A circa 2,100-year-old sling bullet inscribed with the word “Learn” in Greek has been unearthed during archaeological excavations at the Sussita (Hippos) National Park on the eastern shore of the Sea ...

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri. THE PROTECTIVE ...

In 2013, two local Iraqis handed over two inscribed clay cylinders to the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage. Subsequent analysis and translation of the inscriptions published in Iraq revealed ...

Deepavali, India’s festival of lights, was on Wednesday inscribed on the UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The inscription was adopted in the presence of ...

New Delhi, India | 11 December 2025: “Kithul Madeema/Kithul Kapeema, an ancient indigenous technology for tapping Kithul in Sri Lanka” has been officially inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of ...

Deepavali, the festival of lights, is now part of the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the step, saying it would add ...

NEW DELHI: Deepavali was inscribed on the prestigious UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list of humanity on Wednesday during the 22nd session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the ...

Deepavali is celebrated annually as one of the most popular festivals, uniting communities, families and individuals across the length and breadth of India and the diaspora. Within communities, elders ...

A fragment of a cuneiform seal that’s now the first direct evidence of official communication between the kingdoms of Judah and Assyria has emerged at an archaeological site in Israel. According to ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The ancient Assyrians couldn’t exactly take to the phones like the IRS, making incessant calls demanding ...