At first glance, it looks like someone enjoyed taking the spaces out of a sentence; in reality, it's a single word by ...

Did Alexander the Great pave the way for Jesus? Hellenistic globalism, and the spread of Greek shaped the world in which Christianity emerged ...

"Xmas" is not a modern attempt to remove Christ from Christmas but a sacred abbreviation rooted in early Christian tradition, using the Greek letter chi to represent "Christos." ...

Two small discs of gold, lost in a wet Swiss hollow more than 2,300 years ago, have suddenly become some of the most ...

Tucked between the modern buildings of downtown Burlington sits a slice of Americana so authentic you can practically taste the nostalgia before you even pick up a fork – Henry’s Diner has been ...

The project aims to produce a record of the Celtic languages spoken in Britain and Ireland, though the majority of these ...

The fascination with Greek culture can be traced to the early modern period, from the Renaissance until the eighteenth century. During this era, European scholars – and later educated elites and a ...

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

Archaeologists uncovered a basalt tablet in the Bashplemi Lake region of Georgia with an unknown language carved into its face. The tablet featured 60 characters across seven rows. Experts said that ...

Ancient writing systems are a fascinating window into the past, offering clues about the cultures that created them. These scripts are not just means of communication, but also art forms, often ...

In 1786, an Englishman working in India named Sir William Jones gave a speech to the Asiatic Society explaining something really interesting he stumbled upon. His job had him working with old local ...