In his fifteenth novel, award-winning author Gerald Everett Jones invites readers on an intriguing emotional journey ...

While excavating clay cylinders in Syria, archaeologists discovered a rare find: an early writing system. The script has given scholars the new challenge of reinvestigating the timeline of alphabetic ...

A flash flood in southeastern Iran exposed evidence of a previously unknown Bronze Age civilization. This episode traces how looted artifacts led archaeologists to the Halil River valley, revealing ...

The first writing system appeared roughly 5,000 years ago in Sumer, southern Mesopotamia—modern‑day Iraq. Using a reed stylus ...

Repeated flower designs on ancient pottery hint that early village life relied on counting and shared ideas way before math ...

In this two-part article, the author presents an overview of what various ancient textual artifacts “remember” about the earliest loan closings ...

Think about walking through ruins that have witnessed empires rise and fall, where kings once ruled and civilizations ...

How does she do it, grip each new generation with her thrillers? On her 50th death anniversary, we add it all up: truth, toxins, an unerring eye for detail.

Discover the evolution of journals from ancient Mesopotamian records to personal diaries like Samuel Pepys and Anne Frank's, ...

Discover the wonders of the ancient world. Check the complete list of the seven old wonders, their history, location, and ...

Leonardo Da Vinci famously utilized left-handed mirror script for personal notes, effectively reversing his handwriting to keep private thoughts concealed.

Located in Stokes 418S, the BC Writing Center offers one-on-one conferences to BC undergraduates looking for help with their writing and written assignments. Our specialists (see below) are trained ...