"They also show how the meaning originally associated with these designs was integrated into a writing system." Showing how shapes, designs and images evolved into a more cohesive writing system not ...

The oldest known true writing system is cuneiform, invented around 3200 BC in Mesopotamia. It was preceded by a simpler system called proto-cuneiform, which was in use from 3350 to 3000 BC.

To decipher a script, the following subproblems have to be solved in order, Italian philologist Fabio Tamburini wrote in 2023 ...

As one of the first cities to rise in Mesopotamia, Uruk became a hub ... the first iteration of a writing system comprising hundreds of pictographic signs. “Like cylinder seals, proto-cuneiform ...

New discoveries at an ancient city in Iraq, including written tablets and a game board, may shed light on its hidden history.

The Mesopotamian civilisation, which arose around 3400 BC, was one of the earliest urban civilisations. It was situated ...

After a single day of summer school learning about cuneiform texts and the earliest known writing system, Al-Rashid ... This enthralling history of ancient Mesopotamia explores what unearthed ...