Early writing is a tale of two scripts. Egyptian hieroglyphs and Mesopotamian cuneiform both emerged independently about 5300 years ago. The political powers of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia ...

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Experts used parallel texts to analyze and decipher the unknown Kushan script, according to the University of Cologne. Photograph: André Boutiere, 1967, courtesy of the Collège de France, Archives, ...

New research has revealed that a wooden tablet from Rapa Nui—also known as Easter Island—inscribed with mysterious glyphs was likely created before the Europeans’ arrival, meaning the script may be ...

The room we are in is locked. It is windowless and lit from above by a fluorescent bulb. In the hallway outside—two stories beneath the city of London—attendants in dark suits patrol silently, giving ...

Our wrap up notes for the fourth session in our 2026 Script Essentials Webinar series Our fourth Script Essentials session was hosted by Karen Featherstone with writers Nk'iru. Njoku and Benjamin Bee ...