"We focused on seal imagery that originated before the invention of writing, while continuing to develop into the ...

Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research ...

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

Students can write down words that come to mind or ... The teacher will ask students to give examples of symbolism from around the classroom, school, and in their personal lives.

Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the ...