Tamil Nadu has announced a $1 million prize for decoding the ancient Indus Valley script, sparking global interest among ...

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

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

Every year as Valentine’s Day approaches, people remind themselves that not all expressions of love fit the stereotypes of ...

Researchers have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution dating to around 5,200 years ago in ancient Greece ...

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.

On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek man went to the police with an unusual object that he said he had found in a ...

This ancient script has remained unsolved for over a century ... is real—and was found in an ancient shipwreck These ancient Greek weapons were literally toxic These ancient Greek weapons ...

“Anytime you're working in an ancient context and you find something with writing on it, it’s very exciting,” Sullivan explains. However, when the team cleaned the cylinders, they realized the symbols ...

Discoveries of ancient artifacts are relatively common in Greece, often unearthed during construction projects. A headless statue believed to be 2,000 years old has been found inside a black ...

There are refrains to speak in time together, recitingthe first eight letters of the ancient Greek alphabet, and the names of six famous Greek philosophers. The third verse reflects on philosophy ...

Archaeologists in Georgia's Bashplemi Lake region have unearthed a basalt tablet bearing an unknown script, possibly dating back to the Bronze Age. The tablet, similar in size to an iPad ...