An ancient Middle Eastern civilization that developed an early alphabet spread its culture far and wide — but not its DNA, finds a 23 April Nature study 1 of hundreds of ancient human genomes.

Ancient Greek records contain stories about Greek alphabet origins. Could the Greek alphabet actually have an Egyptian ...

Byzantine Emperor Theophilos and his court, as depicted in the Skylitzes Chronicle. Credit: Skylitzes Chronicle, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. Greek minuscule is a style of Greek handwriting that ...