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=== Recent Studies ===

'''6. Daggumati, S. & Revesz, P.Z. (2023). "Convolutional neural networks analysis reveals three possible sources of Bronze Age writings between Greece and India." ''Information'', 14(4), 227.'''
Full text: https://doi.org/10.3390/info14040227 [open access]
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The authors apply CNN-based image analysis to compare sign forms across the Indus script, Linear A, and Cretan Hieroglyphic, identifying structural similarities that may reflect typological parallels or distant historical connections between Bronze Age writing traditions.
'''Full-text notes:''' This computational approach to script comparison represents a novel methodology in epigraphy. While the authors do not claim direct genetic relationships between the compared scripts, the identification of formal similarities could narrow the search space for the Indus script's typological classification. The paper illustrates the growing application of machine learning to archaeological and epigraphic problems. The Bronze Age pan-Aegean comparisons are especially intriguing in light of documented maritime trade contacts between the Indus Civilisation and the Persian Gulf, raising the possibility that graphic conventions diffused across wider networks than the texts themselves.

'''7. Live Science — "Will the Indus Valley script ever be deciphered?"''' (2026).
Full text: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/will-the-indus-valley-script-ever-be-deciphered [open access]
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A recent journalistic synthesis of the state of Indus script studies, interviewing current researchers on prospects and obstacles.
'''Full-text notes:''' This accessible article provides an up-to-date overview of scholarly opinion on decipherment prospects, noting that the absence of a bilingual text and the brevity of inscriptions remain the primary obstacles. Researchers interviewed express cautious optimism about computational methods but acknowledge that without new textual evidence, definitive decipherment may remain elusive. The article usefully contextualises the Indus case in comparison with Linear A and Rongorongo, illustrating that undeciphered scripts are not rare anomalies but a predictable feature of archaeological records when literate societies leave too few texts on durable media.

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