Researchers have partially deciphered the "unknown Kushan script" — a writing system that has puzzled linguists since it was first found in the 1950s. The researchers decoded the ancient text ...

Researchers have partially deciphered the "unknown Kushan script" — a writing system that has puzzled linguists since it was first found in the 1950s. The researchers decoded the ancient text ...

The ancient Kushan script carved into rock in the Almosi Gorge, Tajikistan. Researchers have managed to partially decode an ancient script that has puzzled scholars for around 70 years ...

The unknown Kushan script was found in the 1950s, but only understood this year. About 60 percent of the characters can now be read, thanks to a connection to the known Bactrian language.

The script associated with this Kushan language has remained elusive partly because many texts didn't withstand the test of time, Bonmann said. "Most of what was written at the time was probably ...