Along the Indus River in what is now known as northwest India and Pakistan, a civilization emerged more than 5,300 years ago.

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 there is a catch: you need to be able to decipher 5,300-year-old writing.

The enigmatic Indus Valley civilization left behind a script that today’s historians haven’t yet deciphered. While amateur theories abound, scholars are increasingly relying on computer science to ...

The Indus Valley Civilization left behind a mysterious script carved into seals, tablets, and pottery—but we still don’t know what it says. In this episode, we explore what archaeologists and ...

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 ...