Smithsonian Magazine on MSN4d
The Mystery of the World's Oldest Writing System Remained Unsolved Until Four Competitive Scholars Raced to Decipher It
On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...
The Times of Israel11d
Why sheep count: Lack of textile trade stymied Israel’s growth for millennia, study shows
During the Early Bronze Age, the Southern Levant's inability to support mass sheep herding left the region lagging behind ...
Which is the Oldest Known Civilisation in the World, Check Here
The Indus Valley Civilisation, also known as the "Harappan Civilisation," is the oldest civilisation found in India. However, can you imagine another civilisation that existed before the Indus Valley ...
Valentine's Day Special: 5 Series That Every Couple Must Watch This Valentine's
This quote holds true for any couple, and this Valentine’s, grab your favorite person and dive into a world of romance, ...
Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted
Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability ...
Archaeology4d
On the Origin of the Pork Taboo
By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...
The New Yorker26d
Traversing the Metropolitan Museum’s Eight Hundred Galleries, One by One
“We tried to be largely chronological, which is to say, we began in ancient Sumer, and then we did Egypt ... So here they were, on the project’s final day, a pair of marathoners incognito ...
The New Yorker18d
The World-Changing Gaze of Celia Paul
Paul has spent nearly fifty years painting her family, her lovers, and herself in a single apartment. Each portrait reveals ...