Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

Instead of referring to sounds in an essentially arbitrary way, pictures refer to the world. As such, they require no ...

The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom in the temple of Philae is the last known use of hieroglyphs in ancient Egypt, but why did they stop being used?

While teaching humans about their ancient civilizations may seem like an odd job for artificial intelligence, it has ...

Meet Mahmood Akram, a Chennai, India teen who is a language genius. Akram is fluent in 46 languages and reads, writes, and ...

As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...

Red tape may feel like a modern-day frustration, but according to archaeologists, it's been a part of governance for millennia. Evidence from ancient Mesopotamia reveals that bureaucratic systems ...

Of course, each has its own characteristics, tone, and sometimes even alphabet. This list has been updated ... The dragons standardized Draconic/Glav long before this ancient language got its own ...

New DNA research shows that half the human beings alive today are descended from the Yamnaya, who lived in Ukraine 5,000 years ago. For about half the people alive today, the story of where they ...

The UT Tower is undergoing a $70 million facelift that will bring the exterior back to its former glory. The Tower has been the backdrop to so many historic moments for Longhorns. See how much you ...

A US team of researchers has uncovered 27 bone tools made by human ancestors about 1.5 million years ago. While older bone tools have been discovered, similar examples of bone tool kits occur ...

Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked ...