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Roman “wax tablets” were wooden frames holding a thin layer of wax used like a reusable notepad. The wax is gone in the Tongeren material, but stylus pressure sometimes bit deep enough to leave ...

A set of ancient clay cylinders discovered in Syria may hold the earliest known example of alphabetic writing, predating ...

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An archaeological site in Teruel holds the largest written archive of pre-Roman Spain. These are not papyrus scrolls or large ...

Stories of giants appear in ancient texts across cultures, from biblical accounts to Greek mythology. Long dismissed as legend, these stories gained renewed attention after a giant footprint was ...

In a study published in the journal Iraq, Dr. Troels Arbøll analyzed medical prescriptions from ancient Mesopotamia to understand and re-evaluate the role sanctuaries played in the healing process.

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