Experts told Live Science it was probably the proto-Sinaitic script, which was invented about 4,000 years ago by Canaanite ...

The book is Hammer’s account of the deciphering of cuneiform, the oldest known writing system. Cuneiform was invented in around 3400 BC in Mesopotamia. It was used for… ...

The Phoenicians developed their ancient civilization with profits from the lucrative maritime trade of the Mediterranean.

Egyptian hieroglyphs, for example, originated in about 3200 B.C., while Sumerian cuneiform seems to be from about the same time. Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter now ...

The cuneiform sign for "head" evolved over more ... most notably Chinese. Alphabetic writing systems like Latin and English grew out of a need to represent speech sounds rather than objects ...

the origins of writing, and the people who lived along the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates thousands of years ago. Beyond her academic work, Moudhy has also been a prominent figure on social media ...