Archaeologists in Norway recently made a stunning discovery while excavating a gravesite: the oldest datable runestone ever ...

The collapse of American global power was more pointedly represented by Dahn Vo’s In God We Trust: the American flag, with all its stars and stripes, falls into wooden pieces, representing the fall ...

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Greek inscription inside Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Credit: Flickr / George Terezakis CC BY 2.0. The Latin alphabet is undoubtedly the world’s most recognizable form of written language, whose ...

Kamal Haasan’s claim that Kannada descended from Tamil has triggered a new language row in India. Amid historical linguistic tensions, political statements and protests, recent developments, including ...

Hundreds of people gathered in the Bulgarian capital on Saturday to lay flowers at the base of the statue of St Cyril and Methodius, creators of the Glagolitic script, which later evolved into the ...

On Friday, Sleep Token finally released their fourth album, Even In Arcadia. And with it, there arrived more lore to pick over. From opposing houses to… ...

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Unlike modern alphabets, which rely on a limited number of characters, cuneiform has over a thousand signs that evolved across different regions and time periods. It’s an archaeological nightmare.

You say Groundhog Day, I say Grundsaudaag: how German and Swiss settlers in Pennsylvania created a new language – and a much-loved American holiday.