Some ancient writing systems cannot be deciphered. Can artificial intelligence help crack the codes of the past?

Researchers are using a very modern tool to transcribe and read hundreds of thousands of medieval manuscripts from the lost ...

The project aims to produce a record of the Celtic languages spoken in Britain and Ireland, though the majority of these ...

The first complete dictionary of the ancient Celtic languages of Britain and Ireland is being made. Ancient Celtic languages ...

Researchers started to create the world’s first dictionary of Celtic languages, offering extraordinary insights into the ...

Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

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The origins of the Celtic languages are cloaked in mystery. With desperately few written records, its story survives only in scattered fragments and faint traces. That’s why linguists at Aberystwyth ...

Ancient scripts like Linear A and Rongorongo are among the mysterious undeciphered languages that continue to puzzle ...

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