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Occupiers in Crimea to remove signs written with Latin alphabet, claiming it's "result of...
Ukrayinska Pravda via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRussia decided to "deal with the problem of signboards in the Latin alphabet" in occupied Crimea....
Who created the alphabet? A historian describes the millennia-long story of the ABCs
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCreating the alphabet took thousands of years. kovalchuk/iStock via Getty Images Plus Curious Kids...
Pliny the Elder’s radical idea to catalog knowledge
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAmong the achievements of the ancient Roman Empire still acclaimed today, historians list things like aqueducts, roads, legal theory, exceptional...
Irish names you’re probably saying wrong and how to pronounce them
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoDo you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye,...
'Cherokee, in the center': Asheville murals project paints way for an indigenous movement
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoASHEVILLE - A few months back, Jared Wheatley was meditating on one of the five murals he had...
Denmark's oldest writing found etched onto a small iron knife blade
CBS News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCopenhagen — Archaeologists in Denmark have found a small knife inscribed with runic letters dating...
An ancient writing system from the Philippines makes an unlikely comeback
NBC News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoOne glance at Filipino social media and you will find a recurrent set of waves, twists and inverted...
Everything you need to know about Hanukkah (or is it Chanukah?)
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHanukkah. Illustrated | Getty Images Hanukkah is likely the most ubiquitous and recognizable holiday...
Belarus Weekly: Russia likely delivering missiles to Belarus, Lukashenko asks for strategic nukes
Kyiv Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Spotlight segment provides readers with the historical context of contemporary events in...
VII, MCM, XL: Roman Numerals Made Understandable
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 6 months agoRoman numerals are so ubiquitous in our world that we often don't notice them. Which is not a bad thing if we can't read them. George Hodan/Public Domain...