Cuneiform, the oldest identified writing system, defied deciphering – until 1857. What happened then makes a terrific read, ...

Beyond her academic work, Moudhy has also been a prominent figure on social media because of her fascinating translations of the first form of writing known as cuneiform.

including what seem to be early alphabetic symbols inscribed on several Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets dating from the 18th-16th centuries CE, suggested “a northern Levantine context for the ...

Before the invention of alphabets, early writing systems—like hieroglyphs and cuneiform—used symbols ... which transformed some hieroglyphs into alphabetic letters, emerged in the Sinai ...

This writing system was in use for more than 30 centuries and was finally replaced by alphabetic writing during the Roman era. It was not until 1857 that the decipherment of cuneiform was completed.

The cuneiform sign for "head" evolved over more ... most notably Chinese. Alphabetic writing systems like Latin and English grew out of a need to represent speech sounds rather than objects ...

found in the ruins of Nimrud (present-day Iraq). These tablets, dating to the 7th century BCE, represent the first material evidence of cuneiform writing on wax. The tablets ...

Photograph of proto-cuneiform tablet showing signs discussed in the article. (Colour image of drawing of Fig. 4 in the article - Ref_ Englund 1994 ATU 5_ pl. 71).

This writing system was in use for more than 30 centuries and was finally replaced by alphabetic writing during the Roman era. It was not until 1857 that the decipherment of cuneiform was completed.