From a compulsive liar who became a folk hero to a luxury launch that advertised rocks instead of cars, these campaigns now seem almost unbelievable. Yet each one captured a specific anxiety or ...

SCRIBE STATUE. FOUND: Lagash, Iraq. CULTURE: Sumerian. DATE: ca. 2400 B.C. LANGUAGE: Sumerian. In early 2016, hundreds of media outlets around the world reported that a set of recently deciphered ...