For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

it represents the ancient Egyptian afterlife ritual of the heart being weighed against the feather of truth. OLD FORGE — With a King Tut coffin and hieroglyphic mural designs, Black Earth ...

Ancestor worship was important and similar to the Shang dynasty in China and also the ancient Egyptians ... Priests recorded their rituals in hieroglyphic books which included astronomical ...

Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and the host of Pop Culture Happy Hour. She began her professional life as an attorney. In time, however, her affection for writing, popular ...