Italian researchers suggest that symbols from the oldest writing system in the world may have come directly from cylinder ...

Today, these imprints, pressed into clay tablets over 5,000 years ago, may reveal the secrets behind the birth of writing ...

Some say they want to stamp their marriage notification forms with personal seals to make them keepsakes. The Justice Ministry plans to end the mandatory requirement for hanko in procedures ...

A turquoise seal and its stamp from the pre-Qin period (before 221 BC), with two characters zhong xin ("loyalty" and "trustworthiness"). [Photo provided to China Daily] Cultural icon used to mark ...

Exclusively in Iliamna Lake, Alaska’s largest body of freshwater, lives a small population of rare freshwater seals — one of only two freshwater harbor seal populations in the world. Alaska natives, ...

A Navy investigation into the deaths of two SEALs, who went overboard in January while trying to board a ship carrying Iranian-made weapons, shows just how dangerous Visit, Board, Search and ...

The large northern fur seal, found in chilly northern waters, was hunted to near extinction during the 19th century. These animals were protected by law in 1911, and populations later rebounded to ...

Within seconds, Special Warfare Officer First Class Nathan Gage Ingram jumped in to save his fellow Navy SEAL. Both men sank beneath the waves of the Arabian Sea within 47 seconds. A new report by ...

As promised when pre-orders started this past August, BYD has officially launched its sporty new Seal 06 GT in China and has delivered pricing even lower than initially promised. All hail the ...

In the final scene, Jason is in the chopper with the younger members of the SEAL crew and says “Easy f—ing day!” Could the show continue for another season? In an October interview with ...

A jade stamp and seal, with two characters xiang liao (a person's name), from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). [Photo provided to China Daily] Specifically, the seal refers to the original seal ...