The researchers methodically compared the designs they found on ancient cylinder seals with known proto-cuneiform signs. The ...

Recent research has led to new conclusions about the origin of writing with important new understanding on human cognitive ...

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

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

The origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images imprinted by ancient cylinder seals on clay tablets and other artifacts. A research group from the University of Bologna has identified a ...

A research group from the University of Bologna has identified a series of correlations between the designs engraved on these cylinders, dating back around six thousand years, and some of the ...

A research group from the University of Bologna has identified a series of correlations between the designs engraved on these ...

Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the symbols used were carried over into proto-writing ...

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