British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchased some ancient stones with mysterious inscriptions on them at a flea market in ...

While still a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient ...

Long before the “A, B, C Song” — built upon the Latin alphabet — and the alphas, betas and gammas of Ancient Greek, cultures around the world were communicating with one another.

Once unable to read his own language, Ha Nam Ninh is now the leading expert in Thai script preservation in Thanh Hoa.

If not for the work of two scholars, Alice Kober and Michael Ventris, the ancient Greek script Linear B would likely still be ...

The Ancient Greek Dark Ages came after the powerful Mycenaean Era. But what actually were the Greek Dark Ages, and how did ...

“I worked really carefully because when you find writing, that’s always an exciting thing in the ancient world,” said Sullivan. “I knew it was important. I certainly did not have any idea ...

They tell us about beliefs, gods, clothing and everyday life. The ancient Egyptians also used papyrus and writing boards to keep records of thing like laws. This is different from societies living ...

In an Iron Age burial ground surrounded by towering pines, rock fragments from the past have surfaced, and the faintly ...

The belief that Ancient Egyptians birthed the first alphabet is now challenged. Researchers reveal clay cylinders from Syria dating to 2400 BC may predate Egyptian hieroglyph-inspired scripts by ...