Starting in the the 1950s, archaeologists conducting excavations in central Asia have discovered several dozen inscriptions in a mysterious script. The writing system was coined “ecriture inconnue” in ...

When archaeologists on a dig in southern Portugal last year flipped over a heavy chunk of slate and saw writing not used for more than 2,500 years, they were elated. The enigmatic pattern of inscribed ...

Experts in Marathi's "Modi" script are actively transliterating historical documents from the Nizam rule in various offices to identify Kunbis in Marathwada. This effort seeks to encourage the ...

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, ...