Smithsonian Magazine on MSN9d
The World’s Earliest Writing System May Have Been Influenced by Older Symbols Found on Stone ‘Cylinder Seals’Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research ...
A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...
New Scientist on MSN10d
Ancient Mesopotamian clay seals offer clues to the origin of writingBefore Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the ...
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