On his 70th birthday, Albert Einstein received a manuscript from his friend, the logician Kurt Gödel, that mathematically demonstrated something he had conjectured, but never proven: according to ...

The book is Hammer’s account of the deciphering of cuneiform, the oldest known writing system. Cuneiform was invented in around 3400 BC in Mesopotamia. It was used for… ...

When Calgary-based archeologist Brad Himour began meeting with elders from Piikani First Nation and the Shuswap Band about studying ancient pictographs in southern Alberta and British Columbia ...

The cuneiform sign for "head" evolved over more ... The writing systems that evolved from pictographs are still in wide use today, most notably Chinese. Alphabetic writing systems like Latin ...

Raina the Rhodesian ridgeback and Ruuxa the cheetah at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California, 2015. Photo by Sandy Huffaker/The New York Times/Headpress ...

Beyond her academic work, Moudhy has also been a prominent figure on social media because of her fascinating translations of the first form of writing known as cuneiform.

Beyond her academic work, Moudhy has also been a prominent figure on social media because of her fascinating translations of the first form of writing known as cuneiform.

Major milestone reached in digital Cuneiform studies: Researchers present an innovative tool that offers many new possibilities. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Boğazköy-Hattuša is located in ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A digital tool, Thesaurus Linguarum Hethaeorum Digitalis (TLHdig), provides extensive online access to Hittite cuneiform texts, significantly aiding researchers ...

According to the office, littering is a particularly common violation of manners by both Japanese and foreigners, and pictograms are used in the park to communicate warnings such as "no littering ...