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

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...

“It records the Sumerian language.” The researchers looked for — and found — correlations between many seals and proto cuneiform signs. For instance, they found proto cuneiform matches with seal ...

Ancient Sumer was in the southern part of ... The prisms are an important record of the Sumerian language. They are believed to be from around 1800BC. They are now part of the Ashmolean museum's ...

UK, Nov 13 - Researchers discover that ancient Mesopotamian trade seals could contain the first clues to the world's oldest ...

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

Researchers from the University of Bologna have unveiled how ancient cylinder seals played a key role in the development of writing in ancient Mesopotamia, marking a significant breakthrough in ...