In the modern world of the internet, you have plenty of tools to help you crack ancient scripts. Websites like Omniglot ...

“We speculated that Sister Maria created a new vocabulary using ancient alphabets that she may have known.” To test this theory, he and his colleagues used computer software to compare the 350 ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest known alphabetic writing in an ancient Syrian city, suggesting alphabets may be around 500 years older than previously thought. Johns Hopkins University ...

The belief that Ancient Egyptians birthed the first alphabet is now challenged. Researchers reveal clay cylinders from Syria dating to 2400 BC may predate Egyptian hieroglyph-inspired scripts by ...