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Nailing down the publication date of Homer’s “Iliad”

February 28th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

Scientists have been working to determine the publication date of Homer’s “Illiad” using the same technique employed to decode the

October 29th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

The world’s oldest undecipherable writing may be decoded soon thanks to a recent breakthrough made by academics at Oxford University.

September 11th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

Researchers have translated an newly-discovered ancient Greek poem which deifies Poppaea Sabina, the wife of Emperor Nero. Based on the

April 16th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

The oldest engravings of letters ever found in central Germany have been discovered on an ancient deer antler comb. The

June 6th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

Scholars at the University of Chicago have completed a dictionary of the Assyrian languange, listing 28,000 words that haven’t been

May 25th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

Researchers have come up with a cool use for 3D printing technology – making duplicates of ancient cuneiform tablets. Tablets

April 14th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

A couple weeks I posted about the discovery of what may be the earliest Christian writings; some 70 lead codices

April 1st, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

A clay tablet found in Greece contains the oldest known decipherable text found in Europe. Considered “magical or mysterious” in