Up until the time of the Spanish conquest in the 16th century, Inca communities in the Andean highlands used a peculiar form of writing to record key events and keep track of their economic affairs.

A wooden hunters' toolbox inscribed with an ancient writing system from Zambia has been making waves on social media. "We've ...

The patterns covering the face of the rectangular block also represent a previously unknown ancient writing system — a rare find in archaeology. The text covers the block’s face, which is ...

Scholars consider cuneiform the first writing system, and humans used its wedge-shaped characters to inscribe ancient languages such as Sumerian on clay tablets beginning around 3400 BC.

They’re more than just symbols — they’re part of the 17-character writing system called Baybayin, which is making a comeback after hundreds of years. The ancient script can now be found on ...

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 ...

How the Ancient Sumerians Created the World's First Writing System ‹ Literary Hub Sumer was a civilization that arose in southern Mesopotamia and is said to have laid the foundations of ...

Back in the fourth millennium, in the city of Uruk in modern day Iraq, an accounting system developed ... way around ancient societies in modern day Iran, Iraq, Syria and Türkiye. “Seals are a key ...

In 1993, two other scholars reported in the journal Science that they had deciphered the writing system, an assertion disputed in the new study, published in the new issue of the journal Mexicon.

Renowned Filipino artist, lecturer and cultural preservationist, Fred DeAsis, showcased the Philippine ancient writing system Baybayin at the Skokie Festival of Culture on May 18 and 19.