The 4,000-year-old Linear Elamite script from what is now Iran has long eluded archaeologists hoping to unlock the secrets of ...

A new exhibition at the National Museum in Damascus traces the evolution of writing in Syria, from prehistoric symbols carved ...

Decoded cuneiform tablets reveal early societies’ magic, politics, and bureaucracy, including rare rituals, king lists, and ...

More than a century after the National Museum of Denmark began to accumulate a vast collection of inscribed clay tablets from ...

For over 100 years, the National Museum has housed a large collection of inscribed tablets from the earliest civilizations of ...

A relief portraying Sphinx from the 9th century BC, found in Syria, is among the highlights in Encounter Mesopotamia: An Exhibition of Antiquities From Ancient Syria, in Beijing. WANG KAIHAO/CHINA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 40,000-year-old mammoth figurine bears markings that researchers say might be an early precursor to writing. - Hildegard ...

(CNN) — Symbols and markings carved into tools and figurines by Stone Age humans over 40,000 years ago could be an ancient precursor to writing, according to a new analysis. The marks, found on 260 ...

A 40,000-year-old mammoth figurine bears markings that researchers say might be an early precursor to writing. - Hildegard Jensen/Universität Tübingen Symbols and markings carved into tools and ...