The Egyptians wrote in hieroglyphs using symbols for both numbers and words Different symbols were used for the most commonly used words. For names and

The importance of oral culture and tradition in Africa and the recent dominance of European languages through colonialism, among other factors, has led to the

A Vermont-based writer is cataloguing rare scripts that are disappearing due to political conflicts and globalization.

Did Buddhism exist in Upper Egypt and the Lower Meroitic Empire? The answer appears to be yes. It was in Memphis that English Egyptologist and archaeologist W. M. Flinders Petrie found evidence of Buddhist colony.

Just a few years ago, Miami's Wynwood was known as a rough neighborhood of warehouses and shoe factories. Today, it has become the center of Miami's art scene, known for its galleries, studios and street murals. Many attribute that transformation to the work of developer Tony Goldman.

This folio from Walters manuscript W.556 contains an illuminated tailpiece for chapter 37 (Surat al-saffat) that bears an inscription in Early Abbasid (Kufic) script.

Khalili Collections | Islamic Art | Approximately one third of the copy from which this folio originates, the largest vellum Qur’an known, is in Tashkent...

Ancient bible w/ painting of St. John , Abba Penwolton Monistary, Axum, Ethiopia The language is Ge’ez, the ancient language of Ethiopia. Today Ge’ez is only spoken by priests and monks and is used...