Long before the “A, B, C Song” — built upon the Latin alphabet — and the alphas, betas and gammas of Ancient Greek, cultures around the world were communicating with one another. The Sumerians of ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has brought ancient languages to life, such as Ancient Greek and Old English, by demonstrating ...

For more than 3,000 years, hieroglyphs were used to write the language of ancient Egypt. Then the script disappeared from use. The latest known hieroglyphic inscription was carved by a priest into the ...

Just outside the Syrian city of Aleppo, archaeologists have discovered what may be the oldest example of alphabetic writing ever found. Ahmad Sofi via Unsplash UPDATE: This story has been updated to ...