A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...
New research traces Mesopotamian origins of writing back to trade symbols, shedding light on the evolution of written ...
Italian researchers suggest that symbols from the oldest writing system in the world may have come directly from cylinder seal motifs.
Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN ... Scholars consider cuneiform the first writing system, and humans used its wedge-shaped characters to inscribe ...