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

The 2,000-year-old geoglyphs offer clues to the ancient Nazca people and their rituals.

Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research ...

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

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

Ancient Egypt is one of the world's most iconic civilizations, known for its awe-inspiring achievements and innovations.

So, the first question driving an intriguing, though controversial, new study was: “Did seal imagery contribute significantly ...

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

The world's oldest known system of writing was influenced by symbols used for trade — engravings ... link the one with the other," he told Live Science in an email. "Furthermore, several of ...

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

To simulate how language may evolve, we give agents (AIs) simple tasks that require communication, like a game where one ...