Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world's oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate ...

This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious ...

Italian researchers suggest that symbols from the oldest writing system in the world may have come directly from cylinder ...

Cylinder seals and proto-cuneiform acted as the accounting system for ancient Mesopotamia in one of the earliest invented ...

It's important to use the right words when writing about writing. Scholars studying the history of it distinguish between ...

Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research ...

Research suggests ancient Mesopotamian trade symbols found on cylinder seals contributed to the development of proto-cuneiform writing.

W hen did humans start “putting pen to paper” and expressing their thoughts through a series of complex symbols? An important ...

Making the jump from using symbols to writing is considered a major development in human cognitive abilities. Tracing how and ...

"We focused on seal imagery that originated before the invention of writing, while continuing to develop into the ...

The origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images imprinted by ancient cylinder seals on clay tablets and other artifacts. A research group from the University of Bologna has identified a series ...

New research traces Mesopotamian origins of writing back to trade symbols, shedding light on the evolution of written ...