cuneiform. “The crucial link that we’re presenting in the paper is a first concrete set of a few signs where we can explicitly say: These are there before writing, and they’re used in ...

Cuneiform is one of the earliest forms of written expression and so represents a huge leap forward by human kind. This writing system was in use for more than 30 centuries and was finally replaced ...

Deciphering some people's writing can be a major challenge—especially when that writing is cuneiform characters imprinted ...

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 ...

Developed by the Sumerians and written on clay tablets, the first cuneiform ... is a first concrete set of a few signs where we can explicitly say: these are there before writing and they ...

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.