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

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

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

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

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

In the dusty city states of ancient Mesopotamia, long before the advent of written language, mysterious symbols etched into ...

Scientists have started to decode mysterious symbols found on 5,000-year-old cylinder seals to trace the invention of writing ...

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

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

Research suggests ancient Mesopotamian trade symbols found on cylinder seals contributed to the development of proto-cuneiform writing.

Co-authors Kathryn Kelley and Mattia Cartolano from the University of Bologna's Department of Classical Philology and Italian ...

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