Invented around the 8th century B.C.E., the Greek alphabet was groundbreaking — it became the first written script in history to clearly distinguish vowels from consonants.

The discovery was made at a London development site which had already yielded stunning mosaics and a rare Roman mausoleum.

Like Roman numerals, their system borrowed letters; like the Arabic numerals we still use, it only needed one symbol for each decimal place. In the 6th century BCE, the Greek alphabet used 24 letters.

The 1,800-year-old Greek handwriting homework: Wax tablet with intricate ancient lettering that was once used by an Egyptian child around 200AD will finally go on display after 40 years ...

Inside the shoe, the Ancient Greek definition of the Goddess Nike is printed on the insole. On the heel of the left shoe, the word Nike has been embroidered in Greek-looking letters using silver ...

Calligraphy, which means “beautiful writing” in Ancient Greek, is seeing a surge of interest from younger people who say it offers a meditative and creative escape.