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The question mark seems like a fundamental part of writing, but it wasn't always there. This ubiquitous symbol of curiosity…
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We can read the sounds of the ancient Minoan script, Linear A, but we have no idea what the words…
Before the familiar Cyrillic script dominated Eastern Europe, there was another, more mysterious alphabet designed for the Slavic people. We…
Look at your keyboard. Tucked above the number 8 is a symbol we see every day, yet rarely think about:…
In the 13th century, Kublai Khan commissioned a single, official script to unite the vast, multilingual Mongol Empire. The result…
Long before the British arrived, a massive inscribed stone stood guard at the Singapore River's mouth, holding the secrets of…
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