In 1849 archaeologists found 14 clay tablets with cuneiform writing during excavations in Iraq, the translation of these ...

Some of the seals examined in the new study date to about 4400 B.C. — more than 1,000 years before the development of writing. "We focused on seal imagery that originated before the invention of ...

Between 4,500 and 1,900 B.C.E.. they invented one of the earliest forms of writing, created the plow, ... Religion was also important, and people worshipped a number of Sumerian gods.

First developed around 3200 B.C. by Sumerian scribes in the ancient city-state of Uruk, in present-day Iraq, as a means of recording transactions, cuneiform writing was created by using a reed ...

The Penn Museum in Philadelphia has 5,000-year-old Sumerian tablet in its collection that is one of the earliest examples of writing and a key to understanding Mesopotamia. Experts believe its ...

Writing, laws, cities, and science—these and other innovations were devised by the enterprising peoples living in Sumer, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, some 5,000 years ago.

Sumerian cuneiform, the oldest known writing system in the world, is one prime example of such an evolved writing system. Sumerian cuneiform may have begun around 8000 B.C. in the farming villages of ...

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest writing system, according to new research.

Cave drawings from 20,000 years ago may feature an early form of writing The sequences of dots, lines, and other shapes have been found in at least 400 locations throughout Europe. By Laura Baisas ...