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

Artificial intelligence, or AI, is being used to decipher ancient historical scripts that were previously a mystery to archaeologists. Historically significant scripts such as China's Bone Oracle ...

Ancient Cuneiform Script found in a Czech cave surprises researchers as they investigate whether it reflects lost cultural links.

Archaeologists working in the depths of Kateřinská Cave have made a series of remarkable discoveries that challenge our understanding of ancient human activity in Central Europe. Recent excavations ...

A new study from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) in London, UK reveals how ancient viral DNA once written off as ...

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

Some species are unisexual and reproduce by parthenogenesis.

A team from the Institute of Integrative Cell Biology and Physiology at the University of Münster has now shown that the ...

The world has always been fascinated by mysteries, especially when they are etched in stone or inked on ancient scrolls. Unsolved ancient scripts offer a tantalizing glimpse into the past, holding ...

Linguists at Aberystwyth University have launched the first comprehensive dictionary to capture every known word of the Celtic languages spoken in Britain and Ireland between 325 BC and AD 500. The ...

LHASA -- In Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, the ancient Tibetan script, which dates back over 1,300 years, is now seamlessly integrated into modern digital life. Today, smartphone users ...