By H. Beam Piper

“Omnilingual” is a Sci-Fi short story by H. Beam Piper that was initially published in the Feb 1957 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. The story concerns itself with issues related to performing archaeology on a discovered alien culture. Explorers on Mars find a deserted alien city where they find documents and books which belonged to the inhabitants that disappeared at least 50,000 years earlier.