Many early written languages, such as Sumerian, Akkadian, and Egyptian, used cuneiform script and date ... such as Chinese, Sanskrit, and Tamil, sparks ongoing debate. As per the histories ...

The book is Hammer’s account of the deciphering of cuneiform, the oldest known writing system. Cuneiform was invented in around 3400 BC in Mesopotamia. It was used for… ...

Melanie Lidman is an AP reporter and former Times of Israel reporter Cuneiform is the oldest known form of writing, but it is so difficult to read that only a few hundred experts around the world ...

Deciphering some people's writing can be a major challenge—especially when that writing is cuneiform characters imprinted onto 3,000-year-old tablets. Now, Middle East scholars can use ...

Greg Jenner is joined in ancient Mesopotamia by Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid and comedian Phil Wang to learn about the history of cuneiform, the world's oldest writing system. Show more Greg Jenner is ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – Middle East scholars can now use artificial intelligence to identify and copy cuneiform characters from photos of tablets, letting them read complicated scripts with ease.