The room we are in is locked. It is windowless and lit from above by a fluorescent bulb. In the hallway outside—two stories beneath the city of London—attendants in dark suits patrol silently, giving ...

For almost 120 years, the writing system known as "Linear Elamite" was considered illegible. Now a team of archaeologists claims to have partially deciphered the writing system. But other researchers ...

A writing system known as "Linear Elamite" has been deciphered, but some experts are not so sure about the results. For almost 120 years, the writing system known as "Linear Elamite" was considered ...

French archaeologist Francois Desset and his team assume that they have partially deciphered the ancient script, using eight silver cups as a basis for the decryption, with many symbols of the Linear ...

The writing system was reportedly used by people who lived in southern Iran between 2300 and 1800 BC. A group of researchers from Iran and France claims to have deciphered important sections of the ...