The origins of writing in ancient Mesopotamia and beyond may rest on a group of cylindrical seals. A team of archeologists from the University of Bologna in Italy has identified a series of ...
The world's oldest known system of writing was influenced by symbols used for trade — engravings found on cylinders used in the exchange of farming produce and textiles, a new study suggests. The ...
Example of a cylinder seal (left) and its design imprinted onto clay (right) (Franck Raux © 2001 Grand Palais RMN, Musée du Louvre via Courthouse News) SAN DIEGO ...
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 ...
The earliest form of the signature came from ancient Iraq in the form of cylinder seals. Mesopotamians, the ancient ...
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Archaeologists have just discovered a new writing system from a mysterious forgotten civilisation
In southern Iran, in the sun-baked lands of Kerman, archaeologists have been digging up the remains of an unknown culture for two decades. Pre-Mesopotamian writing, planned cities, ritual objects of ...
Picture writing was invented in Mesopotamia before 3,000 BC. This clay tablet, dating to about 3,100 BC, has written on it a list of rations. It shows how writing was developing from using pictures to ...
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