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A scholar claims to have deciphered Cryptic B, a mysterious alphabet in the Dead Sea Scrolls long thought impossible to read.

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It makes a lot more sense now.

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Charles F. Robinson III, a veteran journalist and mentor, is remembered for his contributions to the Black Press and his work ...

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Nearly 700 of the last pennies produced in Philadelphia and Denver were sold in an auction last week for a total of $16.76 million, according to Stack's Bowers Galleries, a coin auction organizer ...

The Cypriot representation to the United Nations has submitted a letter to the security council decrying what it describes ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

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As 2025 winds down, June Casagrande writes about the correct punctuation for all the holidays to come in 2026.