The Greek alphabet, believed to have emerged in the eighth century BC, is now undergoing a major reevaluation thanks to ...

The Greek alphabet, believed to have emerged in the eighth century BC, is undergoing reevaluation by Leiden University.

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

Readers respond to Manvir Singh’s article about growth curves, Adam Iscoe’s investigation of the wedding website the Knot, and Adam Gopnik’s piece on Jesus’ life.

The scroll, found in the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum, contains part of a multi-volume work titled "On Vices" and was ...

The word itself comes from galaktikós kyklos, or “milky circle,” the ancient Greek term for the Milky Way, our home galaxy.

To train their model, Roth and Nowak manually annotated thousands of slices of the scroll, labeling each trace of ink or ...

The Manitoba LGBT* Chamber of Commerce has selected Jenny Steinke-Magnus as its first executive director. Steinke-Magnus ...