The government of Tamil Nadu, a state in India, has announced a $1 million reward for anyone who can successfully decipher ...

Archaeologists have discovered some of the earliest-known stone fragments containing Germanic letter inscriptions at a grave ...

Archaeologists in Norway have discovered fragments of the world’s oldest rune stone in Svingerud burial field, dating back to 50 BC–275 AD.

Despite the mystery surrounding the script of the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) for over a century, India's Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has declared a $1 million prize for anyone who can ...

An Illinois city council member stirred anger from residents and colleagues after changing his Facebook profile picture to a ...

Are these ancient symbols complete words, part of words, or part of sentences? The solution will earn the successful ...

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

For nearly 60 years, the Super Bowl has become a central part of American culture well beyond the sphere of pro football. And ...

The enigmatic Indus Valley civilization left behind a script that today's historians haven't yet deciphered. While amateur theories abound, scholars are increasingly relying on computer science to cra ...

Made up of signs and symbols, the writing consists of around 4,000 short inscriptions, most of them engraved on small objects such as seals and pottery. Theories link the script to early Brahmi ...

Such was the value of honey as a commodity that the Egyptian hieroglyph for ‘bee’ came to be used as the symbol for the ruler of Lower Egypt. In ancient Greece, bees and honey were a significant ...