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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 ...
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Evidence of human writing 1,000 years earlier than previously thought
The earliest known writing system is thought to be Sumerian cuneiform, which grew up around the region of present-day Iraq, ...
World’s oldest writing system may have its origins in mysterious, undeciphered symbols
A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...
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These 5,000-year-old seals might have paved the way for the invention of writing (and the birth of history)
Researchers discover that ancient cylinder seals may hold the key to decoding undeciphered proto-cuneiform signs.
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Ancient 4400 B.C. Stone Cylinder Seals Reveal Clues to the World’s First Writing System
the world's oldest known writing system. The research group discovered that the symbols on these cylinders acted as a medium ...
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Key to origins of Mesopotamian writing could be in ancient accounting system
Cylinder seals and proto-cuneiform acted as the accounting system for ancient Mesopotamia in one of the earliest invented ...
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Major discovery on origin of writing in birthplace of civilization
In Mesopotamia, the birthplace of civilization, the earliest known writing system started around 3,000 BCE. Developed by the Sumerians and written on clay tablets, the first cuneiform is largely ...
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Undeciphered symbols may be key to origin of world's oldest writing system
Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world's oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate ...
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Army reaches another key milestone with its modernized contract writing system
Enterprise and the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Procurement (ODASA(P)) recently achieved another key milestone with the modernized Army Contract Writing System (ACWS).
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World’s oldest writing system may have its origins in mysterious, undeciphered symbols
Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. Researchers have ...