The alphabet song won't help you in the case of this viral riddle Social media’s newest brain game has a ton of people stumped. So stumped, in fact, that the riddle has gone viral. People are ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Who created ...

The letters used in the ancient alphabet bear a distinct resemblance to Egyptian hieroglyphs. Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences A 3,500-year-old inscription on a ...

The early history of the alphabet may require rewriting. Four clay artefacts found at an ancient site in Syria are incised with what is potentially the earliest alphabetic writing ever found. The ...

Writing is an integral part of our world. It is one of the foundations not only of education, but also of the first version of the Internet. Before coming to us, it existed for many, many years. It ...

In late November, speaking at an academic conference in Boston, veteran archaeologist Glenn Schwartz of Johns Hopkins University made a startling claim: Four tiny clay cylinder-shaped seals, which had ...