Bahata Mukhopadhyay and cryptographer Bharath Rao aka Yajnadevam, two independent researchers from vastly different fields, are at the forefront of deciphering this elusive script. In the early 2000s, ...

In the absence of a Rosetta Stone-like artefact – which helped scholars decode Egyptian hieroglyphics – and a lack of bilingual texts, making sense of the Indus script remains a big challenge.

Trump curiously continued this rite of presidential passage by writing a letter to Joe Biden, even as he opted out of other traditions, like attending Biden’s inauguration. History and politics ...

A woman pushes her belongings along Pacific Coast Highway as the Palisades fire rages on Jan. 7. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) ...

(“Could better brush clearance have helped slow the spread of the Palisades fire?” Jan. 13) Most importantly, you don’t fight the fire on the day it happens. You fight it beforehand with ...