Humans had the write stuff 1,000 years earlier than previously thought, new evidence suggests
The history of human writing is being rewritten after archaeologists found the origins of words engraved on 6,000-year-old ...
World’s oldest writing system may have its origins in mysterious, undeciphered symbols
A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...
6,000-year-old Mesopotamian artifacts linked to the dawn of writing
Making the jump from using symbols to writing is considered a major development in human cognitive abilities. Tracing how and ...
Noah’s Ark possibly marked on world’s oldest map from 3,000 years ago: scientists
Scientists have deciphered the world’s oldest map — and they believe it may lead them to the location of Noah’s Ark.
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Undeciphered symbols may be key to origin of world's oldest writing system
Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world's oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate ...
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Unraveling the ancient past, one tablet at a time
In the half-dark of a third-floor office, Danielle Levy lifted a clay tablet out of its box. Carefully examining it with ...
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Ancient Mesopotamian clay seals offer clues to the origin of writing
Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the ...
5,500-Year-Old Seals Offer New Clues About the Birth of Writing
Italian researchers suggest that symbols from the oldest writing system in the world may have come directly from cylinder seal motifs.
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The origin of writing in Mesopotamia is tied to designs engraved on ancient cylinder seals
Designs on stone cylinders dating back six thousand years correspond to some signs of the proto-cuneiform script that emerged in the city of Uruk, in southern Iraq, around 3350–3000 BCE. This ...
Designs on ancient stone cylinders correspond to origin of writing in Mesopotamia, researchers discover
The origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images imprinted by ancient cylinder seals on clay tablets and other ...
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World’s oldest writing system may have its origins in mysterious, undeciphered symbols
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.