An important piece of the puzzle might have just been identified in the form of ancient artifacts from Mesopotamia. An ...

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...

A new study revives the old argument that ancient seals came before cuneiform, humanity's earliest known example of writing.

A project invoving schoolchildren aims to present the story of Irish language revival in Belfast.

Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world's oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate ...

Columnist, author, and linguist Richard Lederer spent about six months writing his latest book, “American History for ...

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland describe founding the Federal ...

Part of the auction house's Digital Art Sale, the work titled AI God (first shown in May at the United Nations in Geneva ...

In 2017, French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron pledged to restore the Château de Villers-Cotterêts – a symbol of ...

Nathan Gorelick traces literary criticism and psychoanalysis to their shared origins during the 17th and 18th centuries.

There are an estimated 7,000 languages spoken worldwide, each offering unique ways to express human emotion. But do certain ...

The initiative was made possible by an Action Grant from Illinois Humanities, which created an interactive Spanish-language ...