Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research ...

Researchers at the University of Bologna found a link between the engravings on cylinder seals from Uruk and Mesopotamian ...

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

According to the researchers, several symbols engraved on stone "cylinder seals" were developed into signs used in ...

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

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

Italian researchers suggest that symbols from the oldest writing system in the world may have come directly from cylinder seal motifs.

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

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

The history of human writing is being rewritten after archaeologists found the origins of words engraved on 6,000-year-old ...

On Tuesday Donald Trump announced Pete Hegseth, a Fox News commentator who saw active service with the Minnesota National ...

According to the researchers, several symbols engraved on stone "cylinder seals" were developed into signs used in "proto-cuneiform," an early version of the cuneiform script used in southern ...