Mesopotamian trade symbols may be origins of proto-cuneiform. Cylinder seals linked trade to early script development. Study shows transition from trade symbols to structured writing.

Anthropologists have spent decades documenting a mysterious collection of symbols etched into the Peruvian desert, depicting everything from human decapitation and domesticated animals to knife ...

Nov. 7, 2024 — Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected ...

Their findings paint a more comprehensive picture of ancient Egyptian life Julia Binswanger Found in a cremation cemetery in Belgium, the skeleton includes bones dating to the Neolithic period and ...

Anthropologists have spent decades documenting a mysterious collection of symbols etched into the Peruvian desert, depicting everything from human decapitation and domesticated animals to ...

A series of 5,000-year-old mysterious symbols imprinted on ancient cylinder seals made before recorded history could help researchers finally decode large portions of the world’s first written ...

Anthropologists have spent decades documenting a mysterious collection of symbols etched into the Peruvian ... Constructed ...

Some of the symbols on these cylinder seals correspond to those used in proto-cuneiform, a form of proto-writing used in Mesopotamia. The finding indicates that the invention of writing in ...