The birth of writing could be 40,000 years earlier than previously thought after scientists found etchings in a German cave.

The history of writing down thoughts and feelings could be tens of thousands of years older than previously believed, ...

The origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images imprinted by ancient cylinder seals on clay tablets and other artifacts. A research group from the University of Bologna has identified a series ...

A new study has revealed that mysterious signs carved onto Paleolithic artifacts up to 40,000 years ago match the information density of the world's earliest known writing system — pushing the deep ...

Assyriologist Al-Rashid debuts with an eclectic history of Mesopotamia framed around an ancient collection of artifacts widely considered to be the first museum. Located in a room in a palace in Ur ...

The underlying substance is Sumerian bitumen: a naturally occurring petroleum material (often called an asphalt-like “black goo”) long associated with waterproofing and adhesion, and even with ...

Of pots and plans : papers on the archaeology and history of Mesopotamia and Syria presented to David Oates in honour of his 75th birthday / edited by Lamia al-Gailani Werr ... [et al.] Smithsonian ...