Can you imagine a world without writing? Without any writing at all ... Most of the early clay tablets in our collection, like this one, come from the city of Uruk, roughly halfway between ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science has revealed the materials and techniques used in the ...

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Fragment of a Neo-Assyrian tablet preserving wax, in the British Museum. (The Trustees of the British Museum) The writing boards excavated from Nimrud (modern Iraq) represent the first material ...

Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.

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The Akkadian empire lasted for 150 years, ending with a rebellion. These administrative tablets, containing cuneiform symbols, an ancient writing system, record the affairs of the state, including ...

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