In the past 30 years, they’ve been helped in these studies by digital tools like geographic information systems (GIS). GIS is a computer system that uses software and data to map, analyse and manage ...

Geologists in Western Australia have uncovered the largest iron ore deposit ever recorded—an astonishing 55 billion metric ...

Linguists and archaeologists have long argued about which group of ancient people spoke the original Indo-European language. A new study in the journal Nature throws a new theory into the fray.

Ancient-genomics researchers have pinpointed the homelands of a nomadic tribe that transformed the culture and genetics of Europe and Asia, revealing a potential source for the Indo–European ...

$1 million for anyone who can decipher the script of the ancient Indus Valley civilization. Relatively little is known about the creators of the script, who built a sprawling urban system about ...

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The government is unable to find out how vulnerable many of its IT systems are to a cyber attack because of their age, a report has found. Analysis by the UK’s public spending watchdog has found ...

A 30-credit module is considered equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). Upon successful completion of 360 credits, you will be awarded a BA (Hons) in Ancient Languages ...

French law enshrined it as a civil right in 1554, while in England, it was an unspoken agreement that reflected the feudal system's delicate ... time when 3.3 million metric tons of food are ...

For more than a century, the ancient Indus script has mystified researchers ... drainage and water supply systems, and remnants of metallurgic techniques. The civilization likely declined with ...

Despite common assumptions, the disk of our Solar System is warped, and the planets travel around the Sun in slightly eccentric (or oblong) orbits. Scientists now think that a mysterious object ...