“It records the Sumerian language.” The researchers looked for — and found — correlations between many seals and proto cuneiform signs. For instance, they found proto cuneiform matches with seal ...

An important piece of the puzzle might have just been identified in the form of ancient artifacts from Mesopotamia. An ...

Declassified 1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site ...

Scientists have deciphered the world’s oldest map — and they believe it may lead them to the location of Noah’s Ark.

This conservation effort is part of a broader project to preserve and study the artifacts and architectural elements of ...

The origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images imprinted by ancient cylinder seals on clay tablets and other ...

The origins of writing in ancient Mesopotamia and beyond may rest on a group of cylindrical seals. A team of archeologists from the University of Bologna in Italy has identified a series of ...

Designs on stone cylinders dating back six thousand years correspond to some signs of the proto-cuneiform script that emerged in the city of Uruk, in southern Iraq, around 3350–3000 BCE. This ...

The mission, led by archaeologist Quhtan Abbas Hassan Aboud, has revealed findings that offer new perspectives on life and culture in ancient Mesopotamia ... Among the 478 artifacts found, a wide ...

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 series ...