Cylinder seals and proto-cuneiform acted as the accounting system for ancient Mesopotamia in one of the earliest invented ...

Nearly 16,000-year-old portrayals of fish surrounded by nets had evaded detection until a new technique took magnification to a new level.

Now, a new paper suggests that one of the world’s earliest writing systems may have been influenced by older symbols engraved ...

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