BEIJING (AP) — Chen Yulu never thought her home province of Hunan had any culture that she would be proud of, much less become an ambassador of. But these days, the 23-year-old is a self-proclaimed ...

Italian researchers suggest that symbols from the oldest writing system in the world may have come directly from cylinder seal motifs. Reading time 3 minutes For centuries, scholars have puzzled over ...

Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis by linguist Christian Bentz at Saarland University and archaeologist Ewa ...

French archaeologist François Desset says he has deciphered much of Linear Elamite, a rare 4,000-year-old Bronze Age script from ancient Iran. Using inscriptions on unprovenanced silver vessels, his ...

Nushu, meaning "women's script", emerged around 400 years ago - Copyright AFP Jade GAO Nushu, meaning "women's script", emerged around 400 years ago - Copyright AFP ...

Symbols and markings carved into tools and figurines by Stone Age humans over 40,000 years ago could be an ancient precursor to writing, according to a new analysis. The marks, found on 260 artifacts ...

More than 40,000 years ago, Ice Age humans were carving repeated patterns of dots, lines, and crosses into tools and small ivory figurines. A new computational study of more than 3,000 of these ...

While a modern-day war has focused the world's attention on Iran, for French archaeologist François Desset it was a millennia-old mystery that drew him to the country. His quest: to decipher the 4,000 ...

Lucknow: The Antarrashtriya Ram Katha Sangrahalaya in Ayodhya is set to receive an over 200-year-old manuscript of the Ramcharitmanas written in Nagari script. To preserve the timeless legacy of the ...