Ancient Greek records contain stories about Greek alphabet origins. Could the Greek alphabet actually have an Egyptian ...

A scholar claims to have deciphered Cryptic B, a mysterious alphabet in the Dead Sea Scrolls long thought impossible to read.

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Harry Shearer has paid tribute to Rob Reiner, his longtime friend and This Is Spinal Tap collaborator, who was killed on ...

Researchers are using a very modern tool to transcribe and read hundreds of thousands of medieval manuscripts from the lost age of Eastern European Jewry.

Also spelt Chanukah, the eight-day celebration observed by Jewish people around the world carries a message of resilience and positivity — one that a Melbourne rabbi said would endure despite the ...

Tuesdays are usually boring, but not when you are busy solving the LA Times' puzzles, such as the Crossword and Mini ...

Back on the train, I have given up trying to spot hidden words in the letters of penguin concerto. Then my brain shifts gear ...

“We don't really know at what point Celtic emerged. The earliest extant texts in a Celtic language date from the early sixth ...

Chanukah begins this weekend and lasts for 8 days. Utah’s first homegrown Rabbi, Rabbi Avremi Zippel, taught us how to play Dreidel. The ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

NEW WORLD ORDER: Take a step back — Donald Trump is transforming America’s relations with the world before our eyes. Old ...