In 1962, archaeologists uncovered an extraordinary artifact in a tomb near Thessaloniki, Greece—the Derveni Papyrus.

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The 24 tracks range from beloved Chinese art songs like Three Wishes of the Rose by Huang Zi, to classic Chinese poems set to music ... Besides bringing new life to ancient texts, I also wanted ...

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Linguists and archaeologists have long argued about which group of ancient people spoke the original Indo-European language. A new study in the journal Nature throws a new theory into the fray.