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The Lost Vowels of Proto-Semitic

How do you reconstruct the vowels of an ancient language when its descendants, like Hebrew and Arabic, were written without…

21 hours ago

Sumerian: The First Written Language

Explore Sumerian, the world's first written language and a fascinating linguistic isolate. Discovered on cuneiform tablets, this ancient tongue challenges…

1 week ago

The Papyrus Revolution: How a Plant Built an Empire

Before the internet, before the printing press, there was papyrus. This humble reed from the Nile wasn't just ancient paper;…

1 week ago

The Cuneiform Stylus: The Tool That Wrote the Word

The world's first writing system, cuneiform, owes its distinctive wedge-shaped appearance to a surprisingly simple tool. This post explores how…

3 months ago

From Chisel to Stylus: How the Tools of Writing Forged Our Alphabets

Have you ever wondered why an 'A' looks the way it does? The answer lies not in linguistics, but in…

4 months ago

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