French archaeologist Francois Desset and his team assume that they have partially deciphered the ancient script, using eight silver cups as a basis for the decryption, with many symbols of the Linear ...

For almost 120 years, the writing system known as "Linear Elamite" was considered illegible. Now a team of archaeologists claims to have partially deciphered the writing system. But other researchers ...

The decision was made in line with a memorandum of understanding signed by the museums’ officials in November 2004. “Both museums have begun counting their inscriptions and when the number of the ...

Yusef Majidzadeh argues that the inscriptions recently discovered at Konar-Sandal, a subsection of the Jiroft ancient site, and at some other ancient sites in Iran, are older than the oldest ...

This discovery sheds light on the political and economic significance of the ancient site of Garan on the western borders of Elamite civilization. According to ISNA, the findings were reported during ...

A writing system known as "Linear Elamite" has been deciphered, but some experts are not so sure about the results. For almost 120 years, the writing system known as "Linear Elamite" was considered ...

Archaeologists have made a significant discovery in the town of Garan, located in the Dehloran plain, Ilam province, southwest Iran. They found inscriptions on bricks in Akkadian script, which likely ...

The world’s oldest undeciphered writing is on the verge of what researchers are calling “a breakthrough,” and they’re looking to the public to help make it happen. The symbols you see up top are known ...