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 ...

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

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 ...

Researchers discover that ancient cylinder seals may hold the key to decoding undeciphered proto-cuneiform signs.

Years ago Domokos developed a mathematical tool for describing tessellations based on their average properties rather than ...

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

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

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

A new study revives the old argument that ancient seals came before cuneiform, humanity's earliest known example of writing.

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