Smithsonian Magazine on MSN4d
This Ancient Paw Print on a Pottery Fragment in Jerusalem Is the Oldest Known Evidence of a Cat Kneading
The deep penetrations suggest that the feline was pressing its claws into the clay, a behavior sometimes known as "making ...
Daily Jang2d
Ancient cat paw prints discovered in pottery dating back over 1,000 years
Over a thousand years ago, a cat stumbled upon a fresh piece of pottery and placed its paws on the clay in Jerusalem.As per ...
Anglers spot something poking out of seafloor — leading to rare ancient find in Italy
Divers illuminate the pile of ancient Roman jars. Photo from Sicily’s Superintendence ... Archaeologists identified the jars ...
Designs on ancient stone cylinders correspond to origin of writing in Mesopotamia, researchers discover
The origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images imprinted by ancient cylinder seals on clay tablets and other ...
Mysterious engraved pictographs may have led to the earliest form of writing
A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...
Northwest Louisiana towns, parishes, sites named after Native American tribes
Remember that a 1990 Federal law (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) protects Native American remains. Please be respectful of all indigenous sites in NWLA.
ZME Science on MSN2h
These 5,000-year-old seals might have paved the way for the invention of writing (and the birth of history)
Researchers discover that ancient cylinder seals may hold the key to decoding undeciphered proto-cuneiform signs.
Smithsonian Magazine4d
This Ancient Paw Print on a Pottery Fragment in Jerusalem Is the Oldest Known Evidence of a Cat Kneading
Laboratory director Gretchen Cotter was sorting through them when she noticed the pottery fragment’s peculiar markings: imprints of a foreleg and small paw pads, as well as deep, precise ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN3h
Mesopotamia’s 6,000-year-old cylinders with antique symbols uncover birth of writing
Researchers have linked symbolism to writing, bridging prehistory and history in a significant study of human thought ...
Greek Reporter23h
Gold Artifact With Ancient Greek Inscription Found in Georgia
Archaeologists have uncovered a rare gold artifact inscribed with ancient Greek text dedicated to Jupiter at a Roman fortress ...
Artnet2d
A Cat Left Its Claw Print on This Pottery Shard 1,200 Years Ago
A pottery shard recently unearthed upon Mount Zion in Jerusalem proves that cat contentment transcends centuries and ...
Greek Reporter2d
First Middle Kingdom Era Tomb Uncovered at Luxor, Egypt
In recent excavations near Luxor, Egypt, researchers unearthed for the first time a tomb from the Middle Kingdom era.