A group of archaeologists describes details of the 5,000-year-old burial of 20 women adorned with perforated beads ...

British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchased some ancient stones with mysterious inscriptions on them at a flea market in ...

If not for the work of two scholars, Alice Kober and Michael Ventris, the ancient Greek script Linear B would likely still be ...

The Indus Valley Civilization's script remains undeciphered despite scholarly efforts and modern AI attempts. Tamil Nadu's ...

Throughout history, big cats like lions, tigers, leopards, and jaguars have held significant symbolic power in many ancient civilizations. Valued for their strength, courage, and majesty, these ...

New genetic evidence traces the roots of English, Sanskrit, and hundreds of other languages to a group of hunter-gatherers in ...

Bahata Ansumali (in pic), a software technologist turned researcher, was in town recently for the Kolkata Literary Meet.

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

The undeciphered language likely comes from an ancient civilization, and understanding it could provide valuable insights ...

A prize offered by an Indian state leader is intended to shed light on a Bronze Age civilization — and settle a cultural ...

This imagery traces back to Asclepius, the ancient ... symbol of rebirth and rejuvenation. However, this does not mean snakes are universally viewed as auspicious in modern China. The Chinese ...

all possibly locked behind their yet-to-be deciphered language,” as Regina Sienra writes for My Modern Met. To encourage the decipherment of the ancient Indus script, the government of Tamil ...