How the invention of writing gave humanity a history. From hieroglyphs to emojis, an exploration of the way in which the technology of writing has shaped the world we live in.

“The close relationship between ancient sealing and the invention of writing in south-west Asia has long been recognised, but the relationship between specific seal images and sign shapes has hardly ...

“The close relationship between ancient sealing and the invention of writing in south-west Asia has long been recognised, but the relationship between specific seal images and sign shapes has ha ...

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.

How the invention of writing gave humanity a history. From hieroglyphs to emojis, an exploration of the way in which the technology of writing has shaped the world we live in.

"The close relationship between ancient sealing and the invention of writing in southwest Asia has long been recognized, but the relationship between specific seal images and sign shapes has ...

were a responsible mechanism for the creation of writing.” These findings mark the first time there’s been a link between the cylinder seal system and the invention of writing. The seals were ...

By 3300 BC, the earliest known human invention of writing was hieroglyphics, which were images more or less recognizable to people without shared knowledge. However, pictographic characters ...

"The invention of writing marks the transition between prehistory and history, and the findings of this study bridge this divide by illustrating how some late prehistoric images were incorporated into ...