Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated ...

The most advanced way that we communicate, through the written word, is something that animals simply can’t do at all. This ...

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

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 ...

The total research base is around 4,000 inscribed or stamped artifacts of pottery, sandstone, and copper, consisting of ...

Sona is a complex system of lines and dots used to communicate both information and mathematical relationships [Photo: Jorge Dias Veloso] Sona, an ancient form of inscription ... Sona (singular lusona ...

This evolutionary history, detailed in a paper published on Jan. 13 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, marks a rare instance where astronomers have unraveled the story of an ancient triple star ...

For those with visual impairment, the system allows for reading and writing based purely on tactile cues. Here is how braille works, and the man behind its invention. According to the Oxford ...

Mr. Simitis imposed financial measures to prepare for Greece’s entry into the eurozone and laid the groundwork for the Olympic Games’ return to Athens. By Alan Cowell Costas Simitis, a former ...

A new study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters reveals that variations in Mars’ crustal thickness during its ancient history may have significantly influenced the planet's geological and ...