An important way to provide greater cognitive accessibility is to use “Plain Language” writing. Here is an example of an original text, followed by a Plain Language version: Original: ...

These first written records have left us fascinating clues about the origins of language and how ancient societies organized their world. So, let’s take a look at some of the oldest examples of ...

Sumerians weren’t the only prehistoric people to conceive of writing, but as history has it, they were first. Proto-cuneiform arose between 3,350 and 3,000 C.E. in the city of Uruk, in present ...

October 05, 2023 This 5,000-year-old stone tablet at the Penn Museum is among the oldest examples of writing in the world The relic is believed to tell the details of a real estate deal in Mesopotamia ...