The Olmec were an ancient Mexican civilization best known for the statues they left behind: the so-called “colossal heads.” In 1999, their writing system was revealed when road builders ...

Meanwhile, Korean researchers are using AI to process massive archives of Hanja, the ancient writing system used in Korea and ...

Did the ancient Celts use an alphabet called Coelbren, ultimately originating with the Greek script, as some scholars in the ...

Despite our modern technology and relentless pursuit of knowledge, some riddles of the ancient world remain unsolved. From ...

Was the Phoenician writing system a true alphabet? If not, what should it be called instead, and what was the earliest true ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the first alphabet (from which many present-day writing systems derive).

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems used from around 3000 BC. The symbols they ...