Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated. Can new technology help scholars rewrite history?
The characters belong to a system of writing called Linear Elamite, which took root between 2700 and 2300 B.C. in a powerful kingdom called Elam, in what is now southwestern Iran. The Elamite writing system endured for several hundred years before it… [25880 chars]
Source: National Geographic | Published: 2025-12-16T12:00:00Z
Credit: National Geographic
