We don’t know how language first began. The first writing didn’t occur until around 3200 B.C.E., and we know that spoken language came before that. Some experts contend that it started with hand ...

Linguists at Charles University are reconstructing how ancient languages sounded. I discussed the Voices of Dead Languages ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

ROME — Archaeologists in the ancient city of Pompeii have discovered a remarkably well-preserved skeleton during excavations of a tomb that also shed light on the cultural life of the city before it ...

When Andrea Marcolongo’s book “La Lingua Geniale,” subtitled “9 ragioni per amare il greco” (“Nine Reasons to Love Greek”), came out in 2016, I bought it, in Italian, and took it with me to Greece. I ...

Brandeis undergraduate students in Beginning Ancient Greek (GRK 10a) are taking their language studies beyond the classroom, applying their knowledge in creative and immersive ways in Assistant ...

There is no assessment more objective than a written exam in an ancient language. Such a test measures recall of and facility with a language that exists only on the printed page, one governed by a ...

Language is one of the most resilient components of culture. Though many languages have disappeared over the course of thousands of years, many are thriving today and carrying on the traditions and ...