Old Fired Clay Disk Inscribed With Symbols From Crete Continues to Baffle Archeologists, Never Been Able to Decipher Phaistos ...

Back when she was an intrepid graduate student, renowned University of California, Santa Cruz Egyptologist Elaine Sullivan ...

Clay seals unearthed at the Zhangyan site in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province Photo: Courtesy of the Shaanxi Provincial ...

Polish officials recently announced the discovery of an unusual alien-like clay head, which dates back to the Ubaid period of ancient Mesopotamia. Pottery was also found at the site.

Clay objects roughly the size of fingers were discovered during a dig at the ancient city of Umm el-Marra. The engraved symbols may be part of the earliest known alphabet. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

A team of scientists has discovered that an ancient medicinal clay known as Lemnian earth (LE) could inspire new understanding of how to support present-day gut health. The team also thinks that ...

The first diagnosis to handle infertility was made 4,000 years ago as depicted on an ancient Assyrian clay tablet that was ...