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 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 ...

Named Imago Mundi, this crucial Babylonian artifact is marked with cuneiform script and illustrates a circular world map, representing early ideas about the creation of the world. Researchers at ...