The researchers methodically compared the designs they found on ancient cylinder seals with known proto-cuneiform signs. The ...

Credit: Glenn Schwartz, Johns Hopkins University A team of Johns Hopkins University researchers has uncovered evidence of ...

A new study revives the old argument that ancient seals came before cuneiform, humanity's earliest known example of writing.

The oldest known alphabetic writing has been found etched onto finger-length clay cylinders unearthed from a tomb in Syria.

Known as the "zero point of history," the Neolithic-era discoveries highlight ancient lifestyles with carved stones, human ...

Archaeologists from Johns Hopkins University have unearthed what is believed to be the earliest example of alphabetic writing ...