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

With that in mind, let’s look at the most ingenious inventions created by ancient cultures that have shaped today’s world. Eyeglass wearers have the Assyrians to thank. The Assyrian ...

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

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 ...

Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...

For an invention so world-changing as the wheel, scholars know surprisingly little about its origin story—but there is no ...

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

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

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

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

Nor was China, the alleged terminus of the Silk Roads in most versions of its conception, ever the main destination of ...