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Hand signs on 1,300-year-old Maya altar could reveal hidden timekeeping system

The anthropologist claims that the rulers carved on the 1,300-year-old Altar Q are not just striking royal portraits. The way their hands are posed may represent a hidden “sign language” that encodes ...
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The silent seals of Harappa: Revisiting the Indus script

An international conference at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts is coming to grips with the oldest mystery in ...
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Voices in stone the decipherment of ancient scripts and writings Translated by Mervyn Savill

An introduction to writing -- The riddle of the Sphinx: the decipherment of Egyptian writing -- Ahura Mazda came to my aid: the decipherment of Old Persian cuneiform -- In cuneiform on six bricks: the ...
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Scholars call for digitisation of Indus script symbols. It’ll make decoding easier

The Indus script is one of the most fascinating puzzles of Indian history. Unlike Egyptian hieroglyphics, there is no Rosetta ...