Researchers have managed to decode an ancient script that scholars have been unable to understand for decades. In a study published in the journal Transactions of the Philological Society, a team of ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has brought ancient languages to life, such as Ancient Greek and Old English, by demonstrating ...

In different passage, Aulus tells us about some bookstalls he came across when he arrived by ship at the port of Brundisium ...

Ancient written languages emerged as a revolutionary development in human history, allowing civilizations to record important ...

Some ancient writing systems cannot be deciphered. Can artificial intelligence help crack the codes of the past?

The Kushan Empire in Central Asia was one of the most influential states of the ancient world. A research team at the University of Cologne's Department of Linguistics has now deciphered a writing ...

It’s an object that is small but mighty — and a remnant from a time when archrivals didn’t just get mad at each other. They got even. Known as a “curse tablet,” which was acquired five years ago by ...