Etruscan was a language spoken in a portion of Italy around the beginning of the first millenium. It provides interesting clues about language and writing development, even as it remains essentially undecipherable. Learn more about it in this video and on our blog at https://blog.acereader.com/general/the-history-of-writing-and-reading-part-10-etruscan-an-undecipherable-language/. | Ace Reader

Etruscan Alphabet

History Unhinged on Instagram: "This explores the fascinating discovery of the Negau helmet, an ancient artifact that may hold the oldest attested form of a Germanic language, the direct ancestor of modern English. Discovered in present-day Slovenia (historically Negau), these bronze helmets date back to the 2nd century BC. During this era, the Etruscans in Northern Italy were influential enough that their alphabet was borrowed to record a language that didn't yet have its own writing system. Wh