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Mesopotamia’s 6,000-year-old cylinders with antique symbols uncover birth of writing
Researchers have linked symbolism to writing, bridging prehistory and history in a significant study of human thought ...
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These 5,000-year-old seals might have paved the way for the invention of writing (and the birth of history)
In the dusty city states of ancient Mesopotamia, long before the advent of written language, mysterious symbols etched into ...
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Undeciphered symbols may be key to origin of world's oldest writing system
Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world's oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate ...
Ancient Trade Symbols on Cylinder Seals: Key to Proto-Cuneiform and the Roots of Writing
Research suggests ancient Mesopotamian trade symbols found on cylinder seals contributed to the development of proto-cuneiform writing.
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Ancient Mesopotamian clay seals offer clues to the origin of writing
Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the ...
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6,000-year-old Mesopotamian artifacts linked to the dawn of writing
The origins of writing in ancient Mesopotamia and beyond may rest on ... Making the jump from using symbols to writing is considered a major development in human cognitive abilities.
Evidence of human writing 1,000 years earlier than previously thought
Symbols found on 6,000-year-old clay cylinders used by ancient accountants may have paved way to earliest form of writing a ...
6,000-year-old Mesopotamian artifacts linked to the dawn of writing
The origins of writing in ancient Mesopotamia and beyond may rest on a group of cylindrical ... Making the jump from using symbols to writing is considered a major development in human cognitive ...