The mystery begins in 1931, in Nice on the French Riviera, when the last caliph of Islam was in exile. In November of that ...

Hind Meddeb’s documentary on the Khartoum protests highlights Sudanese youth’s hopes for change in the country ...

Small clay cylinders from an ancient Syrian tomb have letters etched into them. The 2400-year-old tablets are the oldest ...

Archaeological discoveries indicate that alphabetic writing dates back 500 years earlier than previously believed. What ...

In J R R Tolkien’s famous fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings, there is an excerpt from a poem that is linked to the vivid ...