The hunt to decode one of the world’s strangest writing systems has shifted from a fringe obsession to a serious scientific effort, powered by new tools and a fresh generation of researchers. What ...

IN view of the widespread destruction by fire of documents of all kinds which is taking place at the present time, we think it desirable to put on record the preliminary results of some experiments in ...

THE large number of hand-written documents, such as deeds, accounts and ledgers, which have recently been damaged or destroyed by fire has inevitably directed attention to methods of deciphering ...