A fierce rivalry between four scholars ignited a race to crack the world’s oldest writing, unlocking the secrets of ...

After a major medical procedure with a long and lonely recovery, I asked 5000 people in my social network for support. How ...

Red tape may feel like a modern-day frustration, but according to archaeologists, it's been a part of governance for ...

Joshua Hammer’s “The Mesopotamian Riddle” chronicles the 19th-century contest between an archaeologist, a soldier and a clergyman to decipher an ancient text ...

We haven't adapted to feel truly cared for via cuneiform. Think of it this way: If your dog or cat were distressed, would you text them? Or rather, would you soothe them with your touch and voice?

At the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the artist explores the unique qualities of ASL through drawing, video and ...

The team tested whether AI systems that process text and images—known as multimodal large language models (MLLMs)—can answer time-related questions by looking at a picture of a clock or a calendar.