For decades, a handful of Dead Sea fragments written in an unknown alphabet sat in scholarly limbo, legible in shape but mute ...

A strange, gleaming rock on Mars has jolted planetary scientists out of their routines, not because it is large or dangerous, but because it appears to be wildly out of place. The object, sitting ...

Like Elms, Stave Puzzles also makes hand-cut puzzles and is more widely known among puzzlers. Many of Stave’s puzzles are ...

Since the launch of the Crossword in 1942, The Times has captivated solvers by providing engaging word and logic games. In 2014, we introduced the Mini Crossword — followed by Spelling Bee, Letter ...

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Jigsaw puzzles come in many shapes and sizes, from just a few pieces to several thousand. The earliest jigsaws appeared in the 1760s when European mapmakers pasted maps onto wood and cut them into ...