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invented around 3200 BC in Mesopotamia. It was preceded by a simpler system called proto-cuneiform, which was in use from ...

The cuneiform tablet from the 6th century BC shows an aerial view map of Mesopotamia — roughly modern-day Iraq — and what the Babylonians believed lay beyond the known world at the time.

The origin of writing is linked to designs engraved on cylinder seals 6,000 years ago, according to new research. A series of correlations between engraving on ancient Mesopotamian artifacts and ...

Cuneiform as a robust writing tradition endured 3,000 years. The script—not itself a language—was used by scribes of multiple cultures over that time to write a number of languages other than ...

Irving Finkel, curator in charge of cuneiform clay tablets at the British Museum, with the 3,000 year old clay tablet. AP Photo/Sang Tan Ever since its finding, experts have been trying to ...