Ancient cylinder seals in Mesopotamia shaped the development of proto-cuneiform writing in Uruk around 3000 BCE, linking ...

A new study revives the old argument that ancient seals came before cuneiform, humanity's earliest known example of writing.

There is not a ton of evidence of what education looked like in ancient society, but we do know it existed - although not for ...

The earliest known writing system is thought to be Sumerian cuneiform, which grew up around the region of present-day Iraq, ...

Archaeologists in Van uncovered 42 large storage jars, known as pithoi, marked with cuneiform inscriptions that were used during the Urartian period for storing oil, grain and beverages.

SHIRAZ - The National Museum of Iran inaugurated the exhibition “Elam: The Dawn of Iranian Civilization” at the Persepolis ...

This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious ...

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

Four-legged robot dogs learned to perform new tricks by practising in a virtual platform that mimics real-world obstacles – a ...

Scientists have made a new discovery about the origin of writing in Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization, Azernews reports ...

Avian enthusiast Emil Schachtzabel (1850-1941) was fascinated by the wide variety of hybrid pigeon breeds that fanciers ...