It's been three years since peasants discovered the Bashplemi tablet, and experts still aren't sure what language the stone ...

Part of a curse tablet against Pytheas, ordered by his opponent in an Athenian court. Photo credit: Dr. Jutta Stroszeck – German Archaeological Institute A major, and somewhat spine-tingling, ...

Bashplemi Lake tablet (left) with its 60 inscriptions in bold (right). (Shengalia et al., Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2024) Although new to researchers, the 'letters' are similar ...

A tablet bearing a previously unknown ancient script has been discovered in the Caucasus region, a study has reported. The book-sized tablet—made of basalt, a type of volcanic rock—features 60 ...

Bashplemi Lake tablet (left) with its 60 inscriptions in bold (right). (Shengalia et al., Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2024) Although new to researchers, the 'letters' are similar ...

The region where the tablet was found corresponds to the historical land of Colchis, famously featured in the tale of Jason and the Argonauts. Ancient Greek sources mention that the Colchian people ...

Several ancient cults are better understood today, but there are many others that remain mysterious, even today ...

Archaeologists in Georgia's Bashplemi Lake region have unearthed a basalt tablet bearing an unknown script, possibly dating back to the Bronze Age. The tablet, similar in size to an iPad ...

😮 The 50 greatest innovations of 2024: From Zildjian to NASA 😮 By Andrew Paul Posted on Dec 5, 2024 Experts are still puzzling over a basalt stone tablet more than three years after ...

The Georgian tablet with the undeciphered script. © R. Shengelia et al., Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology (2024) A few years ago, fishermen in the Dmanisi ...