Researchers estimate that the comb dates from 1700 B.C., making this humble statement the oldest-known complete sentence written in a Canaanite script ... scripts such as cuneiform and hieroglyphics.

Photo: Sepia Times / Universal Images Group via Getty Images. Cuneiform script, developed in Mesopotamia around 3,200 B.C.E., is the oldest known writing system. Closely associated with the ...

Around 2,500 years ago, a princess living in what is now modern-day Iraq collected a number of artefacts, including a statue, a boundary stone and a mace head. The items, which show signs of ...

When four Babylonian clay tablets arrived at Yale University in the early 1900s, archaeologists struggled to translate the cuneiform script they contained. The tablets, each about the size of an ...

Wisnom also gives attention to the linguistic experts who deciphered the cuneiform script and the Akkadian language that the tablets were written in. It was their work that made it possible to ...

I’ll be honest: I made this script for me, first and foremost. I’ll be using this script for years to come. But I think it’s amazing, and I hope you’ll get use out of it, too. Want more ...

Some Democrats expressed opposition to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act on the House floor Thursday after only four of them voted in support of the legislation. The SAVE Act ...

Shares of Alphabet Inc. fell more than 7% on Wednesday after testimony from an Apple Inc. executive hinted at potential challenges ahead for the Google parent company. Alphabet (GOOG) (GOOGL) is ...

Investors have spent the better part of the year dumping high-risk tech stocks in fear of a macroeconomic slowdown. All the while, Alphabet Inc. was riding out a solid first quarter. On Thursday ...

Ever since the first Iron Man film back in 2008, it's nothing new for a Marvel Studios film to not have a finalized script or for things to radically change while on set. As such, MCU fans shouldn ...

Wisnom also gives attention to the linguistic experts who deciphered the cuneiform script and the Akkadian language that the tablets were written in. It was their work that made it possible to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...