“But unlike today's typists, no one designed proper chairs for ancient Egyptian scribes.” Gripping their pens and repeated use also left tell-tale marks on the right thumb. Beyond that, it’s possible ...
The Phaistos disk from circa 1700 B.C. The signs were not engraved using a stylus but rather pressed onto the wet clay using molds or seals in a kind of ancient typesetting. One of the great ...
Sep. 25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years.