L ong before the “A, B, C Song” — built upon the Latin alphabet — and the alphas, betas and gammas of Ancient Greek, cultures around the world were communicating with one another.

Archaeologists reconstructed Roman frescoes from thousands of fragments found in London, revealing rare artwork and the elite Roman life.

Experts in London have spent three months piecing together the shattered remains of Roman artworks, revealing luxurious ...

Like Roman numerals, their system borrowed letters; like the Arabic numerals we still use, it only needed one symbol for each decimal place. In the 6th century BCE, the Greek alphabet used 24 letters.

Thousands of newly discovered fragments, which once adorned a high-status Roman building, offer an unprecedented glimpse into ...