The etching, discovered at a Paleolithic campsite, may be the only known evidence hinting at how our ancestors fished over 150 centuries ago.

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

A new study revives the old argument that ancient seals came before cuneiform, humanity's earliest known example of writing.

Ancient 4400 B.C. Stone Cylinder Seals Reveal Clues to the World’s First Writing System Researchers at the University of ...

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

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

Craig Evan Royce, author of Uranium Seekers, presented on the history of Temple Mountain on Oct. 30 during the Carbon County ...

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

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

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 ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... Researchers have made another major stride in understanding humanity’s origins of writing. In Mesopotamia, the birthplace ...