Researchers are using a very modern tool to transcribe and read hundreds of thousands of medieval manuscripts from the lost ...

Here’s a brain-teaser: the name “Jesus” would have meant absolutely nothing to the man from Nazareth himself. In fact, the letter “J” never existed during his era. For anyone who’s ever wondered how ...

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

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The project aims to produce a record of the Celtic languages spoken in Britain and Ireland, though the majority of these ...

If there is a villain in the Nativity story it is surely Herod, the monarch who supposedly slaughtered thousands of infants ...

The Catholic American Bible is set to replace the New American Bible Revised Edition in 2027, becoming the common text for ...

Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff’s sweeping and experimental anti-war novel John D. Negroponte, a career diplomat and national ...

Officials Identify Man as a 48-Year-Old Former Student The body of the man suspected in the killing of two Brown students and an M.I.T. professor was found in a storage unit in New Hampshire. A Reddit ...

Dmitri N. Kozak had worked with President Vladimir V. Putin for three decades before quitting in September. His associates described his break with the Russian leader. By Anton Troianovski Reflections ...

A man in the desert cannot wait for even the smallest sip of water. This is rightly so because he needs it to sustain his life. When he finally receives water, there is a sense of relief and joy, and ...

In an unlikely turn of events, orcas and dolphins have been observed teaming up - to hunt and kill massive chinook salmon in the pacific. Given that orcas sometimes prey on dolphins, what’s going on?