Today, many of our communications are written digitally, but handwriting still has an important place in our lives. The earliest-known writing dates back to around 3500 - 3100 BC in Mesopotamia, ...

The gold burial mask of the ancient Egyptian king Tutankhamun on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. AMIR MAKAR/AFP Some ...

In the absence of a Rosetta Stone-like artefact – which helped scholars decode Egyptian hieroglyphics – and a lack of ...

During excavations in Pompeii, a large thermal complex was discovered, adjacent to a banquet hall in a private house. This ...