Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research ...

A team of ancient literature experts have deciphered a Mesopotamain text that was missing for over 1,000 years. Etched on ...

Cuneiform tablets have been found in multiple Sumerian archaeological sites. ( Buried for 4,000 years, this ancient culture could expand the 'Cradle of Civilization'.

Cuneiform script on tablets of clay is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world. The choice of clay as writing medium in ancient Mesopotamia meant that records of all kinds could ...

First developed around 3200 B.C. by Sumerian scribes in the ancient city-state of Uruk, in present-day Iraq, as a means of recording transactions, cuneiform writing was created by using a reed ...

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest writing system, according to new research.

Cuneiform, the oldest identified writing system, defied deciphering – until 1857. What happened then makes a terrific read, in Joshua Hammer's The Mesopotamian Riddle ...

The Akkadian and Sumerian cuneiform are the earliest written languages ever discovered, though there are vastly more Akkadian than Sumerian texts available. Advertisement.

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest writing system, according to new research.