When we talk about a phalanx in a military context, we automatically think of Alexander the Great’s Macedonian army, with its ...
Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world's oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate ...
Avian enthusiast Emil Schachtzabel (1850-1941) was fascinated by the wide variety of hybrid pigeon breeds that fanciers ...
W hen did humans start “putting pen to paper” and expressing their thoughts through a series of complex symbols? An important ...
Proto-cuneiform was an ancient Mesopotamia writing system that ... The four original inventions of writing are in Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and the South American Mayan culture. There may, however, ...
A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...
Researchers from the University of Bologna have unveiled how ancient cylinder seals played a key role in the development of ...