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

More than 95% of Linear Elamite may be deciphered. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A mysterious ancient writing system called ...

Over the past century, archaeologists have uncovered more than 1,600 Proto-Elamite inscriptions, but only about 43 in Linear Elamite, scattered widely across Iran. Illustration by Meilan Solly / ...

French archaeologist Francois Desset and his team assume that they have partially deciphered the ancient script, using eight silver cups as a basis for the decryption, with many symbols of the Linear ...

The findings, based on a set of ancient silver vessels, propose a new method for decoding Linear Elamite's symbols, according to the Smithsonian magazine. “This is one of the major archaeological ...

A writing system known as "Linear Elamite" has been deciphered, but some experts are not so sure about the results. For almost 120 years, the writing system known as "Linear Elamite" was considered ...

The writing system was reportedly used by people who lived in southern Iran between 2300 and 1800 BC. A group of researchers from Iran and France claims to have deciphered important sections of the ...

For almost 120 years, the writing system known as "Linear Elamite" was considered illegible. Now a team of archaeologists claims to have partially deciphered the writing system. But other researchers ...