Instead of referring to sounds in an essentially arbitrary way, pictures refer to the world. As such, they require no ...

A folklorist explains the prehistoric origins of the mythical Easter Bunny and why this longstanding cultural symbol keeps ...

The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom in the temple of Philae is the last known use of hieroglyphs in ancient Egypt, but why did they stop being used?

The humble fish, or ichthys (ἰχθύς) in Greek, was a symbol that played a crucial role in the early years of Christian history ...

While teaching humans about their ancient civilizations may seem like an odd job for artificial intelligence, it has ...

Learn about the traditions and modern influences for Indian girl names in the United States and around the world.

The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Boğazköy-Hattuša is located in the north of Turkey. It was once the capital of the Hittite ...

Chennai's Mohammad Akram mastered the English alphabet at the age of 4 and by 12, he knew about 400 languages. Now at 14, he ...

All languages likely come from a single original one, and early people began spreading around the world 135,000 years ago.

Robert Louis Stevenson might have been right when he claimed that “Language is but a poor bull’s eye lantern wherewith to ...

Meet Mahmood Akram, a Chennai, India teen who is a language genius. Akram is fluent in 46 languages and reads, writes, and ...

Akram won the German Young Talent Award where he competed with 70 linguistic experts and at the age of 10, he achieved his ...