They were one of the most advanced societies during the Bronze Age more than 5,000 years ago.But the ancient Indus people – native to modern-day Pakistan and Northern India – left…
By SHIVALI BEST FOR MAILONLINE Published: 09:14 EST, 28 December 2024 | Updated: 09:14 EST, 28 December 2024 Whether it's tying your shoelaces or doing up your tie, many of…
They were turned to carbonized lumps by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Now, scientists are offering £400,000 to the person who can decipher the charred Herculaneum Scrolls.These ancient rolls of…
The first 'Beale Cypher' supposedly contains the secret to finding over $60 million in gold and silver.The text of the code reads:THE LOCALITY OF THE VAULT71, 194, 38, 1701, 89,…
By XANTHA LEATHAM DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 19:01 EST, 19 November 2024 | Updated: 19:01 EST, 19 November 2024 There's nothing quite like that yelp of…
As a film about talking bears, you might not expect the newly released 'Paddington in Peru' to care too much about historical accuracy.In one of the film's most fanciful moments,…
Scientists have deciphered the world's oldest map etched in a clay tablet about 3,000 years ago, finding it features the location of 'Noah's Ark' among the drawings.The Babylonian artifact, known…
A tantalizing, but badly damaged tablet dating back to, at least, 5079 BC could predate the earliest known human writing by millennia.That's if researchers can decode it.Known to archeologists as…
