Italian researchers suggest that symbols from the oldest writing system in the world may have come directly from cylinder ...

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

In the dusty city states of ancient Mesopotamia, long before the advent of written language, mysterious symbols etched into ...

Yes, goes together so it's not too bad. -He is one of the few people in the world who can read cuneiform, an ancient system of writing. -Daesh wanted to destroy the cultural identity of this country.

Scholars consider cuneiform the first writing system, and humans used its wedge-shaped characters to inscribe ancient ...

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

This volume offers a practical introduction to the repertoire of personal names recorded in cuneiform texts from Babylonia in the first millennium BCE. In this period, individuals moved freely as well ...

In the '90s and early 2000s, before the world of high-speed internet and smartphones, we had our televisions to tune into. And those TVs had a lot of commercials. While most comme ...

Scientists have deciphered the world’s oldest map — and they believe it may lead them to the location of Noah’s Ark.

This Babylonian artifact, etched with cuneiform - a script using wedge-shaped symbols - depicts a circular world map, illustrating early Babylonian ideas about the world’s creation. Housed at ...

Born in 1840 to a modest London family, George Smith not only became an expert in the cuneiform script of ancient Mesopotamia, but also made a discovery that turned contemporary notions about ...

Highlights include pottery, cylinder seals, sculptures, coins and cuneiform tablets. The museum rotates items in its collection in temporary exhibits, but recent examples include "House of Ancient ...