A picture of the inscriptions recently found on a rock face in Tajikistan. Researchers have partially deciphered the "unknown Kushan script" — a writing system that has puzzled linguists since it was ...

Researchers have managed to decode an ancient script that scholars have been unable to understand for decades. In a study published in the journal Transactions of the Philological Society, a team of ...

Decoding ancient scripts is a remarkable journey into humanity’s past, unearthing forgotten tales and cultures. The cryptic symbols, etched onto stone, parchment, or clay, often remain as the only ...

The civilisation in the northwestern parts of South Asia existed between 2600 BCE and 1900 BCE covering much of modern-day Pakistan, northwestern India and northeast Afghanistan. An ancient script ...

The Indus Valley Civilization is one of the world's oldest urban societies and is still mysterious, attracting scholars and enthusiasts to uncover its secrets. Among all its mysteries, perhaps the ...

Nurtured by the alluvial planes of the Indus river, the Indus Valley hosted one of the world's oldest urban cultures. From 3300 to 1700 BC, the Indus people built impressive cities like Mohenjo-daro ...