An Assyrian gypsum cuneiform dedicatory panel, reign of Tukulti-Ninurta I, circa 1243-1207 BC. Of rectangular form, finely engraved on both sides, with 280 lines of text divided into eight columns ...

Ancient carvings once thought decorative may actually be early attempts to record information. Their statistical complexity matches that of proto-cuneiform, pushing the origins of writing-like systems ...

Researchers have uncovered compelling evidence that Stone Age humans were engraving complex, meaningful symbol systems onto ...

Research shows Ice Age humans used structured signs 40,000 years ago as a communication system, revealing deep prehistoric ...

Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis by linguist Christian Bentz at Saarland University and archaeologist Ewa ...

Millennia ago, someone in the province of Hatay in Turkey made a shopping list that would surprisingly survive the ravages of time. During restoration works after an earthquake, archaeologists digging ...

Archaeologists have recently discovered a previously unknown ancient language from an ancient tablet during excavations in Turkey. According to the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg in Germany, ...

New research suggests these markings, while not a written language, display properties akin to an early script that emerged ...

1. The Sumerian Account of the Invention of Writing -- 2. Time and Place of the Invention -- 3. Received Ideas: The Pictographic Origins of Cuneiform Writing -- 4. Received Ideas: The Origin of ...

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