A tablet bearing a previously unknown ancient script has been discovered in the Caucasus region, a study has reported. The book-sized tablet—made of basalt, a type of volcanic rock—features 60 signs, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The archaeological site at Turkey’s Boğazköy-Hattusha, the former capital of the Bronze Age Hittite empire, is a hotbed of ancient languages. During ...

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A new language has been discovered in a UNESCO World Heritage Site being excavated in northern Turkey, according to a news release from the University of Würzburg. The area being excavated is Boğazköy ...

Boston College offers coursework and hosts reading groups in the languages of the Bible, Church Fathers (Patristic Texts), ancient Greece and Rome both for graduate and undergraduate students. Anyone ...

A new study claims to have identified the first speakers of Indo-European language, which gave rise to English, Sanskrit and hundreds of others. By Carl Zimmer In 1786, a British judge named William ...

Language is one of the most resilient components of culture. Though many languages have disappeared over the course of thousands of years, many are thriving today and carrying on the traditions and ...