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The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems used from around 3000 BC. The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ...

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Now, archaeologists in Spain have unearthed an ancient rock slab inscribed with a complete alphabet which they believe belonged to the “lost” civilisation of Tartessos. The Tartessos were an ...

People divorced and remarried. There weren’t schools like the ones we have today, but ancient Egyptians did have apprenticeships. This meant that many children had jobs or were learning a trade.

The black-and-white images of the olive trees stand majestic ... powerful testimony of these ancient trees.

Staff at a Shropshire school have unearthed a collection of historic images and old headmaster's logs dating as far back as the 19th century.

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W ithin the depths of an ancient Chehrābād salt mine in Iran, multiple miners met a grisly end thousands of years ago. Over ...

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