Cuneiform, the oldest identified writing system, defied deciphering – until 1857. What happened then makes a terrific read, ...

Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.

This is a Sumerian cuneiform clay tablet from the Ur III ... Sumerian was a non-Semitic language which is now extinct. This tablet has writing on both sides detailing how Enlil-izu and Ahi-Sin ...

ProtoSnap uses computer vision to scan the pixels in a picture of a cuneiform table and compares them to a series of ...

Oxford historian, Dr Moudhy Al Rashid, on her book Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History ...

It offers a comprehensive examination of its social development and cultural life during the Sumerian era, highlights key elements such as cuneiform writing and legal codes, and delves into modern-era ...

This is a Sumerian cuneiform clay tablet from the Ur III ... Sumerian was a non-Semitic language which is now extinct. This tablet has writing on both sides detailing how Enlil-izu and Ahi-Sin ...