Ancient scripts like Linear A and Rongorongo are among the mysterious undeciphered languages that continue to puzzle linguists today.

We walk you through the incestuous, murderous, and surprisingly relatable world of Egyptian deities at The Met.

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

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For most people, the image that comes to mind at the mention of archaeology is ancient tombs or dinosaur fossils, not cutting-edge tech. However, in order to unearth such things or make sense of ...

Don't be fooled into thinking the higher the lumens, the better. "In most homes, you want layers rather than a single dominant source, table lights, wall lights, and shaded lights. Lumens should match ...

Neural decoding is the study of what information is available in the electrical activity (action potentials) of individual cells or networks of neurons. Studies of neural decoding aim to identify what ...

Mary describes her neighbourhood as dreary and dull: "lookin out the high windaes at grey bloacks a flats and the grey streets" Hieroglyphics by Anne Donovan is a story set in the Drumchapel area of ...

Archaeologists have discovered an oversized inscription that offers a new glimpse into the early development of the Egyptian writing system. A team led by Yale University Egyptologist John Darnell ...

The pyramid of the Old Kingdom pharaoh Neferirkare is the tallest in the necropolis of Abusir, where most of the kings of Egypt’s 5th Dynasty were buried. Next to Neferirkare’s monument are the ...