Cuneiform writing used a stylus to make wedge-shaped impressions in unbaked clay. These impressions created signs ...

Ancient cylinder seals in Mesopotamia shaped the development of proto-cuneiform writing in Uruk around 3000 BCE, linking ...

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

Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the ...

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

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

The earliest known writing system, called cuneiform, was invented around 3100 B.C.E. in Mesopotamia. Before cuneiform, however, humans used a simpler writing system called proto-cuneiform that ...

Scholars consider cuneiform the first writing system, and humans used its wedge-shaped characters to inscribe ancient languages such as Sumerian on clay tablets beginning around 3400 BC.

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

Cuneiform writing used a stylus to make wedge-shaped impressions in unbaked clay. These impressions created signs representing sounds to make a record of spoken language. The clay could be dried ...