The New Testament was written in Greek, with the exception of St ... The books of the Bible were very likely written in the cursive style of writing. The cursive (or "running hand") style joins ...

Then, as early as the 1st century CE, minuscule began to emerge: smaller, rounder letters that required fewer strokes. You could write them more quickly than their majuscule count ...

A sensational new papyrus from Israel documents fraud and sedition on the eve of a major Jewish revolt against Rome in the second century CE ...

The text included inscriptions in both Latin cursive and Gaulish, a language spoken by Celtic people but now extinct. A connection to the God of War Pierre-Yves Lambert, a linguistics specialist with ...

Japanese people usually use their full name on their stamps, to reduce the chance of counterfeiting, but if your name is spelled in Roman characters or another alphabet-based lettering (like Greek or ...

Greek lawmakers have elected a former parliament speaker and leading advocate for the return of the disputed Parthenon ...

Greece's parliament elected its former speaker, Constantine Tassoulas, as the country's president on Wednesday, approving the ...

For years, Missouri lawmakers have tried to make teaching cursive a requirement, but concerns regarding technology and ...

The ruins of the ancient Greek port city of Adramytteion on Turkey's eastern coast emerged from the sea after sea levels ...

A Pennsylvania lawmaker has proposed legislation requiring cursive handwriting instruction in public and private elementary schools. Supporters argue cursive writing has cognitive and ...

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority ...