Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.

An Honorary Fellow at Oxford University's Wolfson College, Moudhy has spent much of her career translating the stories of the ...

Sixth grade project using Ancient Mesopotamia social studies curriculum and ... They brainstorm and write a short paragraph on each letter (Ex: Cuneiform: cuneiform was an early form or writing used ...

It's called 'cuneiform,' which means wedge-shaped ... The oldest known example of writing comes from Mesopotamia and dates to about 3300 BC. In time different-looking writing appeared in the ...

The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well ...

Evidence from ancient Mesopotamia reveals that bureaucratic ... These administrative tablets, containing cuneiform symbols, an ancient writing system, record the affairs of the state, including ...

It is one of the oldest and greatest stores of knowledge: a vast library of texts amassed by Assyrian King Ashurbanipal, who ruled ancient Mesopotamia ... cuneiform, the world’s oldest form of ...

A symposium on Sumerian civilization and literature was recently held at Peking University, bringing together scholars and ...

A team of archaeologists in Iraq, led by Sebastian Rey, the British Museum’s curator of ancient Mesopotamia ... ancient Sumerian city of Girsu—and includes more than 200 clay cuneiform ...