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The Epic of Gilgamesh, known as the oldest story in history, is thought to have been written in the early 2nd millennium BC, with the original being even older, in the 4th millennium BC. Journalist ...
Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world’s oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate designs left behind by engraved cylindrical seals that were rolled across clay ...
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A cylinder seal (left) engraved with symbols that was used to press markings into wet clay (right) Franck Raux © 2001 GrandPalaisRmn (Musée du Louvre) While ...
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The World's Earliest Writing System May Have Been Influenced by Older Symbols Found on Stone 'Cylinder Seals'
While historians know roughly where and when humans first began writing, they have many unanswered questions about how and why the practice arose. Now, a new paper suggests that one of the world’s ...
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