handwriting
Ancient Greece
Queen Cleopatra’s Sole Surviving Handwriting Is a Single Greek Word
The sole surviving sample of Queen Cleopatra's handwriting, found on an ancient papyrus, reveals a single Greek word, "ginesthoi" (Greek: γίνεσθοι), meaning "make it happen" or " so be it".
This remarkable document is a royal decree dated back to...
Ancient Greece
Will Handwriting Be Lost Forever as We Write Less in Cursive?
Cursive handwriting -- the flowing, graceful script that was the hallmark of the written word for millennia, until the advent of the printing press -- is clearly threatened now around the globe.
With computers and screens of all kinds now...