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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Symbols found on 6,000-year-old clay cylinders used by ancient accountants may have paved way to earliest form of writing a ...

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

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

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

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

According to the researchers, several symbols engraved on stone "cylinder seals" were developed into ... link the one with the other," he told Live Science in an email. "Furthermore, several ...