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

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

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

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

W hen did humans start “putting pen to paper” and expressing their thoughts through a series of complex symbols? An important ...

The Battle of al-Qadisiyah was fought in Mesopotamia — in present-day Iraq — in the ... The key features were a deep trench, two fortresses and an ancient river that was reportedly once forded by ...

The origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images imprinted by ancient cylinder seals on clay tablets and other artifacts. A research group from the University of Bologna has identified a series ...

Declassified 1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site ...

It’s apparent that ancient Mesopotamians used the seals alongside writing for thousands of years, so one form of documentation wasn’t just naturally replaced by the other. The team is now ...

Ancient 4400 B.C. Stone Cylinder Seals Reveal Clues to the World’s First Writing System Researchers at the University of ...

It's important to use the right words when writing about writing. Scholars studying the history of it distinguish between ...

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