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

The undeciphered language likely comes from an ancient civilization, and understanding it could provide valuable insights ...

The Indus Valley script has baffled experts for over a century, its meaning lost to time. Now, the Indian government is ...

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

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

A tantalizing $1 million prize has been announced for anyone who can crack one of history’s most elusive puzzles: the Indus ...

The country's government has announced that it is offering a whopping $1 million prize to anyone who can crack the mysterious ...

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

The Sumerians of Mesopotamia are considered the world's oldest civilisation, dating back to around 4000 BCE. The Sumerians ...

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

The human race has always endeavoured to learn and progress. But has it arrived at a stage when all the gains of the past will be lost to a luxury newly discovered?

Considered the largest empire in antiquity, the Roman Empire—stretching from Britain’s Atlantic Coast in the West all the way ...