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

In the half-dark of a third-floor office, Danielle Levy lifted a clay tablet out of its box. Carefully examining it with ...

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

Ancient cylinder seals in Mesopotamia shaped the development of proto-cuneiform writing in Uruk around 3000 BCE, linking ...

New research traces Mesopotamian origins of writing back to trade symbols, shedding light on the evolution of written ...

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

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

By comparing early markings used for business purposes to 'proto' cuneiform, we can say language transitioned from symbols to writing.

Cylinder seals and proto-cuneiform acted as the accounting system for ancient Mesopotamia in one of the earliest invented ...

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

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

Scholars consider cuneiform the first writing system, and humans used its wedge-shaped characters to inscribe ancient ...