The origins of communication are explored in a landmark compilation that charts the disappearance of writing systems from ancient cuneiform to Turkish Arabic script, explains Andrew Robinson.

It started with pictography. Script evolved gradually and consisted initially of whole words. Later those were broken into alphabets. Still, in many languages, one has to memorise the word shapes ...

Cuneiform is an ancient writing system distinguished by wedge-shaped marks made on clay tablets, which originated in Ancient Mesopotamia in around 3400 BCE – possibly even earlier than Egyptian ...

Cuneiform, the oldest identified writing system, defied deciphering – until 1857. What happened then makes a terrific read, in Joshua Hammer's The Mesopotamian Riddle ...

And cuneiform has even seen something of a revival in modern-day Iraqi visual culture. Joining Rajan Datar to discuss cuneiform script are Professor Eleanor Robson of University College London, ...

Experts told Live Science it was probably the proto-Sinaitic script, which was invented about 4,000 years ago by Canaanite workers at an Egyptian turquoise mine in the Sinai region. The proto ...

While cuneiform is considered the world’s oldest writing system, having emerged before 3400 BCE in Mesopotamia, it is neither an alphabet nor a language but rather a set of characters denoting ...

Zodiacs & Astrology News: The zodiac signs link to ancient scripts: Aries with Linear A, Taurus with cuneiform, Gemini with Linear B, Cancer with Ogham, Leo in hieroglyphs, Vir ...