People have always loved a good mystery, and there’s something particularly intriguing about texts we just can’t understand. Despite our modern technology and centuries of scholarly effort, some ...

The Voynich manuscript is a 23.5 x 16.2cm book of about 240 pages, written in an unknown script sometime in the 1400s. The ...

Two small clay cylinders, pulled from the soil of central Iraq, have given Nebuchadnezzar II his first clear voice at the ...

A study of a remarkable medieval skeleton found in a well at a castle in Norway has helped to corroborate events detailed in an 800-year-old Norse saga. Michael Martin, one of the authors of the study ...

To study the cultures of the past, historians rely on closely reading old texts. Did the people living along the Yellow River more than 2,000 years ago think they should stick close to their family, ...

Having the audacity to pursue truth is a courageous act. And, when studying historical texts or reading for leisure, it is important to examine the written word comparatively. Because the question ...