W hen did humans start “putting pen to paper” and expressing their thoughts through a series of complex symbols? An important ...

But if there wasn't a language in common, ancient people would have turned to an interpreter. Translation in ancient ...

In the half-dark of a third-floor office, Danielle Levy lifted a clay tablet out of its box. Carefully examining it with ...

The Vlachs are an ethnic group in Greece that speak a Romance language called "Vlachika," or Aromanian, and have their own ...

It is a new translation of the ancient Latin prayers of the Mass ... how to pray our familiar prayers in a new way, using new language. Most of the changes are in the prayers that the priest ...

People in Tajikistan’s remote Yaghnob Valley fear their mother tongue will become extinct if not taught at school. One of the ...

The Program in Classical and Medieval Studies combines a uniquely interdisciplinary study of cultural history with an emphasis on empowering students to read and interrogate texts in the relevant ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for centuries.

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An ancient object that Jessica Lamont uses in her Yale classes may not appear menacing, but in Greek antiquity it was used for malevolent purposes.

But if there wasn't a language in common, ancient people would have turned to an interpreter. Translation in ancient societies wasn’t as formal as it is today, and interpreters who could speak Greek, ...