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The cylindrical seals discovered in Mesopotamia provide clues to the origins of writing

The cylindrical seals discovered in Mesopotamia provide clues to the origins of writing

Researchers from the University of Bologna have discovered a connection between proto-cuneiform writing and older stone images carved on ancient cylinder seals from around 3000 BCE in Uruk. The study found that the origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images pressed onto ancient stone cylinder seals. It is believed that the world’s oldest