Historical scripts depicting the Greek language: (from top Left) Mycenaean Linear B, Cypriot syllabary, ancient Greek alphabet, Hellenistic Koine, Medieval Greek, Modern Greek. Credit: Dimosthenis ...

Koine Greek was the language of the common man (the Greek word, Koine means common) during Greece’s Hellenistic period. It was widely used as the language of the eastern Mediterranean during the New ...

In the mid 1970s when Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis proposed changing the Greek alphabet to Latin and making the Greek language phonetic, the minister of culture and a Parliament member ...

Being able to read the longhand script is a huge help because so many of the documents are written using it. “It’s not just a matter of whether you learned cursive in school, it’s how much ...

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Being able to read the longhand script is a huge help because so many of the documents are written using it. “It’s not just a matter of whether you learned cursive in school, it’s how much ...

These records, ranging from Revolutionary War pensions to immigration files, require deciphering cursive script, a skill increasingly rare in the digital age. Volunteers, called Citizen Archivists, ...

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Greek singer Christos Mastoras was arrested early Monday for driving under the influence after attempting to flee a traffic checkpoint. His breathalyser test showed a high alcohol level, and he now ...

shironosov/Getty Reading cursive can now be added to the list of most-wanted skills — at least according to the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. The federal organization tasked ...

Reading longhand script can help, but it is not required for some of the records. Revolutionary War pension records have a “no cursive required option,” where volunteers can help tag the ones ...