Decoding ancient scripts is a remarkable journey into humanity’s past, unearthing forgotten tales and cultures. The cryptic symbols, etched onto stone, parchment, or clay, often remain as the only ...

Experts used parallel texts to analyze and decipher the unknown Kushan script, according to the University of Cologne. Photograph: André Boutiere, 1967, courtesy of the Collège de France, Archives, ...

A fish under a roof. A stick figure without a head. A series of lines that look like a garden rake. These symbols are part of an entirely undeciphered script from a sophisticated ancient civilization ...

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