Popular myths about Amazons, hieroglyphs, and ancient statues often distort the past. This breakdown looks at what ancient writing, warrior women, and sculpture really tell us.

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Scientists have devised a way of writing and storing messages by creating patterns of air bubbles in sheets of ice.

Latin American Art/Arte Latinoamericano” is the Walters Art Museum’s first permanent exhibition on the area, featuring more ...

"What [the markings] appear to show are meaningful signs that have a correspondence with ancient Chinese writing," said Dr Harbottle. The Neolithic markings include symbols that resemble the ...

Greek mythology and its stories of love, power, betrayal, and tragedy have fascinated many generations. But let’s also take a ...

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The award-winning mystery novelist’s new book, “Ecstasy,” is a supernatural feminist take on Euripides’ play “The Bacchae.” ...