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

The earliest known writing system is thought to be Sumerian cuneiform, which grew up around the region of present-day Iraq, ...

The history of human writing is being rewritten after archaeologists found the origins of words engraved on 6,000-year-old ...

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

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

The origins of writing in ancient Mesopotamia and beyond may rest on a group of cylindrical seals. A team of archeologists from the University of Bologna in Italy has identified a series of ...

Researchers have made another major stride in understanding humanity’s origins of writing. In Mesopotamia, the birthplace of civilization, the earliest known writing system started around 3,000 BCE.

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