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 ...

There is not a ton of evidence of what education looked like in ancient society, but we do know it existed - although not for ...

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

Making the jump from using symbols to writing is considered a major development in human cognitive abilities. Tracing how and ...

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

Co-authors Kathryn Kelley and Mattia Cartolano from the University of Bologna's Department of Classical Philology and Italian ...

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

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

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

VAN, 12 November (BelTA - Anadolu) - Archaeologists in Van uncovered 42 large storage jars, known as pithoi, marked with cuneiform inscriptions that were used during the Urartian period for storing ...