It's easy to overlook the humble four-cylinder engine. Most often fitted to shopping cart hatchbacks, many of us learnt to drive using four-cylinders – which could be why they’re dropped like hot ...

Clay cylinders unearthed from a tomb in Syria and dated to 4,400 years ago are inscribed with traces of the earliest known alphabetic writing system, an analysis suggests.

Research at the site yielded numerous fascinating finds, but none stood out more than the discovery of several finger-length clay cylinders etched with alphabetic inscriptions that have been dated to ...