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.

Symbols found on 6,000-year-old clay cylinders used by ancient accountants may have paved way to earliest form of writing a ...

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

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

The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

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

In the half-dark of a third-floor office, Danielle Levy lifted a clay tablet out of its box. Carefully examining it with ...

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

By comparing early markings used for business purposes to 'proto' cuneiform, we can say language transitioned from symbols to writing.

Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research ...

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