Home to some of the last speakers of Aramaic, Maaloula was attacked in Syria’s civil war. Its residents are determined to rebuild–and preserve their mother tongue from extinction.

Themistocles will always be lauded as the great general who pushed the Persians out of Greece with his strategy in the Battle ...

Romeyka is a dialect of Greek spoken by small communities in north-eastern Turkey, notable for its connection to the ancient Greek language ...

The international recognition of the Greek language by UNESCO was celebrated in Thessaloniki, with academics, government and ...

For hundreds of years, people have been passing down stories of Homer’s two great epics: “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey.” Naturally, this telling and retelling has led to many translations of the ...

Researchers have discovered 30 inscriptions written in Indian languages, which provide new evidence that visitors from India ...

Dries Criel, Fernando Jorge and Cora Sheibani are all showing new work at the European Fine Art Foundation Fair, for the fist ...

I’ve never quite understood why tourists can’t help but write things like, “Gayoung was here.” But archaeological records ...

At the 61st Venice Biennale, Lebanese-American artist Nabil Nahas uses the global stage to offer a fuller, richer view of ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable testament to ancient global connections in Egypt's famed Valley of the Kings. Around 30 inscriptions written in ancient Indian languages have been identified ...

Do all Indian languages share a Sanskrit origin? The Bharatiya Bhasha Parivar theory says yes. This critique examines its ...

Emerging in the early centuries CE, Coptic adapted the Greek alphabet to write Egyptian, adding characters for unique sounds. It became central to early Christian literature, including biblical ...