Its value as the key that unlocked the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphs is world-famous—but the turbulent history surrounding ...

The enigmatic Indus Valley civilization left behind a script that today's historians haven't yet deciphered. While amateur theories abound, scholars are increasingly relying on computer science to cra ...

Planetary hours, rooted in ancient astrology, align daily activities with the celestial rhythms of the planets. By understanding these cycles, individ ...

SCIENTISTS are offering someone $1 million if they can solve a mystery from the Bronze Age. Researchers have long been trying ...

Codebreakers could win an £800,000 prize if they successfully translate a 5,000-year-old language previously undeciphered.

A very lucky diver has struck historical gold after stumbling upon a jaw-dropping hoard of ancient Roman coins beneath the ...

The Indian state of Tamil Nadu is offering a $1 million bounty to experts who can successfully interpret the Indus Valley ...

Before the current written scripts, texts, and linguistic manuscripts, there were various oldest writing systems emerging ...

One immediately notices that Ancient Greek writing exclusively used uppercase letters, without any lowercase ones. This ...

A writing system developed by one of the world’s earliest urban societies has given linguists nothing but grief since it was ...

From an animal's tusk, it was worked into a small personal hygiene tool, inscribed with a modest wish, and eventually, ...

You don’t need to buy a lottery ticket to win a million dollars, thanks to an offer from Tamil Nadu, a state in southern ...