La Brújula Verde

Thousands of Ancient Greek letters have survived, yet none are love letters: what they reveal about life in the ancient world

Not one single love letter among the thousand of Ancient Greek personal letters found. Credit: Guillermo Carvajal / labrujulaverde.com When we imagine ancient Greece, we tend to think of marble, ...
Daily Express

Archaeology breakthrough as Greek alphabet 'centuries older' than previously thought

The Greek alphabet, traditionally believed to have emerged in the eighth century BC, is now undergoing reevaluation thanks to groundbreaking research at Leiden University. The writing system is ...
Reuters

Fact Check: WHO skipped letters of Greek alphabet while naming COVID-19 variant Omicron

Several social media posts have questioned the convention adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for naming new COVID-19 variants and speculated over whether it avoided letters of the Greek ...
The Washington Post

With coronavirus variants, the world is learning the Greek alphabet, one grim letter at a time

The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet had been a fairly innocuous entity for 2,500 years. But in just two weeks, it became notorious. Omicron moved beyond classical philosophy texts, beyond the realm ...
Psychology Today

The Strange Second Life of the Greek Alphabet

What do secret societies, infectious diseases, and male dominance hierarchies have in common? They all make use of a symbol system that was first developed over 2,500 years ago. Since that time, it ...