Recent readings on inscriptions written in an ancient alphabet, the Proto-Sinaitic Script, may well provide proof of the ...

Ameer, a Saudi calligrapher, is deeply passionate about the art of Arabic calligraphy. In this series, he begins by walking us through the history and evolution of the script. “It is considered one of ...

Egyptian hieroglyphs were fully unlocked 200 years ago, when the Rosetta Stone was deciphered. Yet long before that, Arabic scholars had made their own discoveries with these ancient scripts ...

According to Nehme, the exhibited bilingual inscriptions and studies of their calligraphy just offered physical evidence to show how Nabataean evolved into Arabic script. Both have 28 letters.

Originating in the southern Iraqi town of Al-Kufa, once a centre of Islamic learning, Kufic script is one of the most famous and abundant styles of Arabic calligraphy. The script, which developed ...

Israeli archeologists have found an ancient comb dating back some 3,700 years ago and bearing what is likely the oldest known full sentence in Canaanite alphabetical script, according to an ...