The researchers methodically compared the designs they found on ancient cylinder seals with known proto-cuneiform signs. The ...

In the new study, researchers compared digital 3-D models of ancient hominid footprints and trackways to those made by people today — including Kenyan herders who rarely or never wear shoes — ...

Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the ...

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 ...

While most Americans might only be familiar with the standard supermarket bologna, there are numerous types of bologna made ...

A new study revives the old argument that ancient seals came before cuneiform, humanity's earliest known example of writing.

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 ...

A finger-sized clay cylinder from a tomb in northern Syria appears to be the oldest example of writing using an alphabet ...

Bologna has plenty of sights to explore between meals. Towering over the terracotta rooftops is Due Torri, two rather ...

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