Most agree that cuneiform began as proto-writing--like African drumming and Incan quipa – and evolved into the first full-fledged writing system, with signs corresponding to speech.

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 is a character that has been used for more than 3000 years from about 3400 BC ... The alphabet widely used in the modern world is ... The full version of the chart is summarized in ...

The full hymn was scattered among fragmented pieces of clay tablet, but using an AI program, experts were able to piece ...

The cuneiform writing system was in use, in its various forms and adaptations, for a period of almost 4,000 years. It was the precursor to the alphabetic writing systems that would later be used by ...

Digital Clay: Cuneiform languages represent the earliest known writing systems in human history. The Sumerians used this method by making indentations in clay tablets, a practice later adopted by ...

A stock image shows cuneiform script on a stone tablet. Cuneiform inscriptions on four clay tablets from ancient Babylonia have been completely deciphered in a new study.

The writing system is 6,000 years old, but its influence is still felt today Anne Trubek A museum worker wearing gloves holds up a cuneiform clay tablet, one of a collection of over 100, on ...

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.