For calligraphers, artists and historians alike, this book is a joy and a wonderful reference source. Delamotte has collected together the scripts of alphabets from the eighth century right up to the ...

It has so far proved impossible to assign absolute dates to any of the pre-Islamic monuments in the oasis of al-ʿUlā. Frustration at this has driven some scholars to try to establish a sequence of ...

A small stone tablet pulled from the soil of western Georgia has opened a vast new mystery. Inscribed with dozens of ...

Archaeologists discovered a basalt tablet about the size of a piece of paper bearing 60 unknown script characters expertly ...

My handwriting’s always been bad, but these days it’s bordering on awful. Perhaps I’m channeling my inner Phoenician, for now my printed “A” could pass for a Canaanite “aleph” in the ancient ...

From simple to ornate, from angular to curvy, from lines to ribbons and animal heads, go way beyond Helvetica with these 11 samples from The Book of Ornamental Alphabets. From our morning news ...

Deciphering ancient languages and texts has been a challenge for archaeologists for generations. Now, researchers are using artificial intelligence to quickly translate ancient texts and languages ...

WOODBRIDGE, Va., Oct. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- For some believers, or non-believers, it's common to have a persistent sense that something lies beneath the surface of scripture. Questions may be ...

The zodiac signs link to ancient scripts: Aries with Linear A, Taurus with cuneiform, Gemini with Linear B, Cancer with Ogham, Leo in hieroglyphs, Virgo in Sanskrit, Libra with Classical Greek, ...