As civilizations die, so do their forms of writing, top scholars of ancient cultures found in the first study to examine the extinction of writing systems. The research also showed that ancient ...

The National Library of Israel (NLI) in Jerusalem has set out to transcend political and religious divisions by putting more than 2,500 rare manuscripts and books from the Islamic world online.

A new exhibition at the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago will show visitors how scribes in the ancient Middle East invented writing, thus transforming prehistoric cultures into ...

A new article shows the ability to store and process information was as critical to the growth of early human societies as it is today. When it comes to the great civilizations of human history, the ...