Notably, this writing system used about 130 to 206 different signs. 5. Cretan Hieroglyphs - 2100 BCE The Minoans’ earliest writing system, Cretan Hieroglyphs, doesn’t have that many stories to tell, ...

British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchased some ancient stones with mysterious inscriptions on them at a flea market in ...

For over a century, experts - linguists, scientists and archaeologists - have tried to crack the Indus script. Theories have linked it to early Brahmi scripts, Dravidian and Indo-Aryan languages, ...

Unlike other ancient writing systems like Egyptian hieroglyphs, the IVS does not ... Based on the island of Crete, this legendary Bronze Age civilization is often cited as Europe’s first ...

The side angle of the bee, as seen in Egyptian hieroglyphs, is very rarely seen on ancient coins ... Praisos, an ancient city on the island of Crete, put a bee with a rose on the reverse of a rare ...

Turns out it’s mostly a lost art. Printing and typing? No problem. But cursive writing has truly become the hieroglyphics of this generation. I specifically remember being a fourth grader with ...

We use it to write down our language using small pictures called hieroglyphs. It’s quite complex, so it takes a scribe like me to do it. The ancient Egyptians were experts at farming and ...

Anyone who has the opportunity to attend a traditional Cretan wedding is in for a treat. Public Domain Several things are customary to Greek weddings, but a Cretan wedding is a whole different ...

The best time to visit Crete is from mid-May to June or from September to October. May brings with it warmer waters and beautiful wildflowers that can be spotted throughout the island's natural ...

The Indus script consists of signs and symbols, primarily found on stone seals like this one [Getty Images] ...