The heroic days of deciphering hieroglyphics and cuneiform make for great stories, but will we ever see that happen again?

2. The Phaistos Disc (c. 1700 BCE, Crete) – A Puzzle Written in Symbols Phaistos Disc (c. 1700 BCE, Crete) Discovered in the ruins of a Minoan palace, the Phaistos Disc is a circular clay artifact ...

It uses various icons and symbols to represent various places. Every symbol and icon used on Google Maps and what they mean is here. Thanks to its accurate directions and real-time traffic updates ...

Magnet fisher Lewis Bright has pulled his 150th shopping trolley from a river in Chelmsford, Essex, though the milestone was not caught on camera. A video compilation showcases his most notable ...

The Central Bank of the UAE, on Thursday, unveiled the new symbol for the national currency in its physical and digital forms. The symbol was derived from the English name of the dirham to serve ...

“Of course, I enjoy celebrating our unique culture,” she wrote in her veto message, ticking off numerous official state symbols and songs that New Mexico has adopted over the years.

Multiple Reddit threads (across multiple subreddits) have popped up over the last 24 hours with photos of a piece of Danzig merchandise that features the “Black Sun” symbol (otherwise known as ...

As the state agency said, the Confederate flag is a historic symbol of the pro-slavery South and a symbol of racism. Worse, the Division of Human Rights found that the Levittown Fire District ...

This will surely be a huge disappointment to gamers who wanted to buy that disc for the purpose of having a copy of the game in the hypothetical event that it would no longer be available to ...

The mysterious Antikythera Mechanism may not have been a cryptic celestial measuring device, but just a toy prone to constant jamming. And the secret to its true purpose, according to new research ...