Jill Kitson: Hello and welcome to Lingua Franca. This week: Mightier than the Sword: Venetia Porter on Arabic script, its beauty and meaning. Dr Venetia Porter is Curator of Islamic Collections at the ...

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A prize offered by an Indian state leader is intended to shed light on a Bronze Age civilization — and settle a cultural battle. By Pragati K.B. Reporting from New Delhi It is a riddle that has ...

Archaeologists in Israel have discovered what is thought to be the oldest known sentence written in the earliest alphabet — and the translation is a real chin-scratcher. "May this tusk root out the ...

JIANGYONG, China-At a studio in central China’s Hunan province, a teacher grips an ink brush, gently writing characters of a secret script created by women centuries ago, now being embraced by a new ...