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

Researchers have linked symbolism to writing, bridging prehistory and history in a significant study of human thought ...

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

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

Designs on stone cylinders dating back six thousand years correspond to some signs of the proto-cuneiform script that emerged ...

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

The origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images imprinted by ancient cylinder seals on clay tablets and other ...

"We focused on seal imagery that originated before the invention of writing, while continuing to develop into the ...

Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the ...

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

The burst of hands-on learning experiences have been led by Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math educator Katya ...

This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection ...