A mysterious inscription on an ancient Sphinx that puzzled scientists for decades has finally been deciphered as written in Greek.

Discover what the oldest alphabet in the world is. Learn how the oldest script has shaped modern writing and transformed ...

The project aims to produce a record of the Celtic languages spoken in Britain and Ireland, though the majority of these ...

Researchers are using a very modern tool to transcribe and read hundreds of thousands of medieval manuscripts from the lost ...

A researcher has solved one of the longstanding riddles of the Dead Sea Scrolls by deciphering a hidden script within the ...

Ancient Greek records contain stories about Greek alphabet origins. Could the Greek alphabet actually have an Egyptian ...

But the remnants of a language spoken in parts of the UK and Ireland 2,000 years ago are being collected for what is being billed as the first complete dictionary of ancient Celtic.

A Dutch Egyptologist recently deciphered the oldest known abecedary or alphabet-like primer on a 3,500-year-old shard of pottery from an Egyptian tomb excavated 20 years ago. The earliest alphabets go ...

The Phoenicians were an ancient people who once ruled the Mediterranean. Despite little being known about them as very few of their inscriptions have survived, their legacy has had an enormous impact ...

Baalbek, Koh Ker and Ciudad Perdida, this three-part journey takes us through Phoenician temples, Khmer capitals, and a mountain city lost to colonial history. Expect ancient aliens debunked, giant ...

Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme will begin streaming on Peacock on Certified Fresh on Friday, July 25. That’s a 56-day theatrical window on par with the filmmaker’s previous Focus Features 2023 ...

Jaya Saxena is a former correspondent at Eater, and the series editor of Best American Food and Travel Writing. She explores wide ranging topics like labor, identity, and food culture. This essay ...