The government of Tamil Nadu has announced a $1 million reward for anyone who can successfully decipher the cryptic script of ...

Spanning 3300 B.C.E. to 1300 B.C.E, the Indus Valley civilization represents one of the area’s earliest societies, flourishing the fertile plains of the Indus River.

Though the script has remained unsolved since its earliest samples were published in 1875, we do know a little about Indus Valley culture itself – thanks to archaeological excavations of major ...

Indus inscriptions are all very short, making the challenge of trying to decipher them harder. The average length of the inscriptions is around five signs, while the longest only 34 characters long.

The Indus Valley civilization, ... Since the Archaeological Survey of India announced the first findings on the civilization in 1924, around 5,000 inscriptions have been excavated.

The enigmatic script, consisting of approximately 4,000 inscriptions, is found primarily on seals, pottery, and tablets. Most inscriptions are brief, ranging from five to six symbols, with the ...

Lakhs of Akkadian inscriptions dating back to 3,500 BCE have been discovered in Mesopotamia, but there aren’t enough scholars alive to decipher even a fraction of these vast records of an empire.

Similarities between the Indus Valley script and ancient Tamil Nadu graffiti include the presence of cows in inscriptions pottery, seals and tablets (Picture: wikimedia/Getty) Codebreakers could ...

Though the script has remained unsolved since its earliest samples were published in 1875, we do know a little about Indus Valley culture itself – thanks to archaeological excavations of major ...