Archaeologists excavating a 1,800-year-old pet cemetery in Berenike uncovered the writings of soldiers and other artifacts, photos show. Photo from M. Osypińska via Institute of Archaeology of the ...

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When we read about the Greco-Roman world, we often hear the stories of famous and wealthy men and women. But the letters of ordinary people, preserved on papyri in Egypt, show us what they were ...

If you've ever read a letter from antiquity, you may recognize the strange pull it can have. The writer is long gone, the world around them has vanished, and still, the voice can feel close enough to ...

A letter written by a Roman emperor helped lead a team of archaeologists to an ancient temple that "adds significant insights into the social changes" from pagan beliefs to Christianity in the Roman ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to student Rob Stephan of the University of Michigan about a stash of ancient papyrus manuscripts he uncovered in a basement there. Among them were letters home from a Roman ...

A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first represented their speech with written words ...

The Latin alphabet is the most recognizable form of written language, whose history goes back to the eras of ancient Greek ...