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World’s oldest writing system may have its origins in mysterious, undeciphered symbols
Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world’s oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate ...
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The World’s Earliest Writing System May Have Been Influenced by Older Symbols Found on Stone ‘Cylinder Seals’
Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research ...
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Undeciphered symbols may be key to origin of world's oldest writing system
Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world's oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate ...
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Origins of world's earliest writing point to symbols on 'seals' used in Mesopotamian trade
The world's oldest known system of writing was influenced by symbols used for trade — engravings found on cylinders used in ...
5,500-Year-Old Seals Offer New Clues About the Birth of Writing
Italian researchers suggest that symbols from the oldest writing system in the world may have come directly from cylinder ...
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Ancient Mesopotamian clay seals offer clues to the origin of writing
Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the ...
My writing partner and I are like Sesame Street’s Don Music and Kermit the frog
When Pulitzer Prize winner Ilyon Woo started out as a writer, she sought the equivalent of a running partner to help her ...
6,000-year-old Mesopotamian artifacts linked to the dawn of writing
Making the jump from using symbols to writing is considered a major development in human cognitive abilities. Tracing how and ...
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Mesopotamia’s 6,000-year-old cylinders with antique symbols uncover birth of writing
Researchers have linked symbolism to writing, bridging prehistory and history in a significant study of human thought ...
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Writing letters from a prison cell
Letter writing is a lost art in the digital age––but not for people in prison, where the daily mail is still an occasion. I ...
Asking Eric: Readers share responses to letters on loneliness
23, I published two letters from older adults struggling to find a connection ... of others and give people an opportunity to ...
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Origins of world's earliest writing point to symbols on 'seals' used in Mesopotamian trade
Here’s how it works. The world's oldest known system of writing was influenced by symbols used for trade — engravings found on cylinders used in the exchange of farming produce and textiles ...