An ancient Iranian writing system from nearly 4,000 years ago is closer than ever to being understood after researchers made major progress in deciphering the long-mysterious Linear Elamite script.

India, June 7 -- A broader narrative has emerged in which Indian civilisation is portrayed not as a historically evolving continuum but as a disconnected assemblage of peoples, cultures, and ...

Bookmark stories for easy access on any device or the Swarajya app. Even competing readings of the 'Pashupati seal' keep circling back to a yogic figure with striking continuities to later Shiva ...

For thousands of years, these ancient writing systems have resisted every attempt at decipherment — and what they might tell us about the ancient world remains one of archaeology's greatest unsolved ...