British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchased some ancient stones with mysterious inscriptions on them at a flea market in ...

For all the progress humanity has made in deciphering its past, some ancient scripts remain stubbornly unreadable: The glyphs of the Olmec and Zapotec Mesoamerican civilisations, the cryptic ...

The Mesoamerican ballgame, played by the Olmecs, Aztecs, and Maya, dates back to around 2500 BCE. This ancient game involved using a rubber ball and was not only a competitive sport but also held ...

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

A local government in India is offering a $1 million prize to the first person who cracks the code of an ancient script found in the ruins of one of the world’s earliest civilizations.

These were once holy spaces for ancient civilizations, and each offers a moment of complete awe and a rare look into history. The many pre-Columbian civilizations in Mexico—among them the Aztecs, ...

One of the former administration’s most important repatriations was Chalcatzingo Monument 9, known as the “portal of the underworld”, a massive Olmec carving in stone restituted from the US ...

This flexible degree programme with three different routes offers the opportunity to develop expertise in one or more ancient languages, from Ancient Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, Hittite, Akkadian or ...

After a brief introduction to the history of the building and Pre-Classic civilizations such as the Olmec culture, we’ll dive into the ... After an introduction to the Mayan codices and ancient ...