Forward reader Raffi Bilek has some questions about Ugaritic, the ancient Semitic language, closely related to biblical Hebrew, that was unearthed in archaeological excavations begun in the late 1920s ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced on June 30 that three linguists, working under its auspices, have developed a successful computer system for deciphering the ancient language of ...

The lost language of Ugaritic was last spoken 3,500 years ago. It survives on just a few tablets, and linguists could only translate it with years of hard work and plenty of luck. A computer ...

Deciphering an unknown language is a challenge even for veteran linguists. But in July, MIT computer scientist Regina Barzilay proved that a computer can do the job well and with astonishing speed.

The Dead Sea scrolls from Qumran have been widely heralded as the most spectacular archaeological find of the century. Almost as important for Biblical research, many scholars believe, are the ...

DAMASCUS, 11 January (BelTA - SANA Agensy). - The oldest cuneiform alphabet in history was discovered in Ugarit (Ras Shamra), an ancient city located on the Syrian coast, dating back to 1500 BC. This ...