THE oldest stone tablet known to hold the inscription of the Ten Commandments is set to fetch up to $2 million after being used as a paving slab. At around 1,500 years old, the marble slab was ...

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

In the dusty city states of ancient Mesopotamia, long before the advent of written language, mysterious symbols etched into ...

Researchers have made another major stride in understanding humanity’s origins of writing. In Mesopotamia, the birthplace of ...

They also show how the meaning originally associated with these designs was integrated into a writing system." Seal cutters ...

The origins of writing in Mesopotamia ... Typically made of stone and engraved with a series of designs, these cylinders were rolled onto clay tablets, leaving a stamped impression of the design.

Cylinder seals and proto-cuneiform acted as the accounting system for ancient Mesopotamia in one of the earliest invented ...

The legendary Emerald Tablet of Thoth is said to be a tablet of emerald or green stone inscribed with the secrets of the universe.

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

Halle Bailey, Tyla and Coi Leray all channeled iconic Halle Berry characters for Halloween, an honor the Oscar winner called ...

The very structure of the writing plays a significant role in pacing. Short, punchy sentences quicken the pace, while longer, more complex ones slow it down. Many thriller writers use this to ...