For nearly 2,000 years, Near East Christian communities have used Syriac, an Aramaic dialect ... found dates to 412 CE and is one of the most ancient codes, or manuscripts in the form of a ...

Now, an Israeli researcher has harnessed computational technology to showcase how the scribes compiling the documents made active editorial choices, shaping the knowledge for future generations and ...

Arabic is so ancient it’s one of the oldest languages ... The Arabic alphabet evolved from the Aramaic alphabet and was first used to write Arabic during the rule of the Umayyad Caliphate ...