A fish under a roof. A stick figure without a head. A series of lines that look like a garden rake. These symbols are part of an entirely undeciphered script from a sophisticated ancient civilization ...

Over the decades, archaeologists have turned up a great many artifacts from the Indus civilization, including stamp sealings, amulets and small tablets. Robert Harding / Photo Library The Indus ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You don’t have to buy a lottery ticket to win a million dollars thanks to an offer from southern India's Tamil Nadu state, but ...

WASHINGTON — Every week, Rajesh PN Rao, a computer scientist, gets emails from people claiming they've cracked an ancient script that has stumped scholars for generations. These self-proclaimed ...

NEW DELHI: While presenting the budget recently, Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman referred to the Indus Valley Civilisation and claimed that the has been deciphered, which has put the spotlight on ...

Figure 1. 'Unicorn' stamp seal and modern impression. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access/Public domain In my previous post, I discussed the Indian subcontinent's first civilization and ...

A few weeks ago, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin kicked up buzz around a tantalising riddle from the subcontinent’s history, as he announced a $1 million prize for anyone who deciphers the Indus ...

Nurtured by the alluvial planes of the Indus river, the Indus Valley hosted one of the world's oldest urban cultures. From ...