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 ...
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These 5,000-year-old seals might have paved the way for the invention of writing (and the birth of history)
In the dusty city states of ancient Mesopotamia, long before the advent of written language, mysterious symbols etched into stone cylinders told stories of trade, ownership, and governance. Today, ...
List of illustrations -- Note on the text -- Chronology -- Eridu -- Uruk -- Shuruppak -- Akkad -- Ur -- Nippur -- Sippar -- Ashur -- Nineveh -- Babylon -- Notes and ...
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