Writing Archive

Ancient Stone Cylinders Shed New Light On The Invention Of Writing In Mesopotamia

AncientPages.com | November 6, 2024

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Writing in Mesopotamia can be traced back to images created by ancient cylinder seals on clay tablets and other artifacts. A research team from

Archaeology

Runes Were Just As Advanced As Roman Alphabet Writing – New Study

AncientPages.com | March 3, 2023

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In the Middle Ages, the Roman alphabet and runes lived side by side. A new doctoral thesis challenges the notion that runes represent

News

ChatGPT Is Confronting, But Humans Have Always Adapted To New Technology – Ask The Mesopotamians, Who Invented Writing

AncientPages.com | February 13, 2023

AncientPages.com - Adapting to technological advances is a defining part of 21st-century life. But it’s not unique to us: it’s been part of the human story since our

Archaeology

Cryptic Ice Age Markings In European Caves Deciphered – Proto-Writing Discovered By Amateur Archaeologist

AncientPages.com | January 5, 2023

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Mysterious ancient dots and stripes on European cave paintings have puzzled scientists for decades. It has been suggested these markings made by Ice

Archaeology

Sociopolitical Organization In Mesoamerica Influenced Developed Writing Systems And Communication

AncientPages.com | February 16, 2022

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The long-held consensus that the more populated and "civilized" a society, the more complex their communication may be more nuanced than previously thought.

Archaeology

Vai Script – Rare African Manuscript Offers Clues Into How Writing Evolved

AncientPages.com | January 11, 2022

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The evolution of writing is a complex issue, but the Vai script, a rare manuscript may offer clues into this important question scientists

Teotihuacán’s Puzzling Red Glyphs Could Be Unknown Ancient Writing

Archaeology

Teotihuacan’s Puzzling Red Glyphs Could Be Unknown Ancient Writing

AncientPages.com | September 22, 2020

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The city of Teotihuacán in Mexico remains as intriguing as mysterious. There is still so much we do not know about Teotihuacán, a

Ancient Symbols

Is The Hashtag World’s Oldest Symbol And First Communication Attempt?

AncientPages.com | April 27, 2018

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Symbols have always played an important role in human history, but when and where did the first symbols appear? How do we know

Archaeology

7,000-Year-Old Inscription With Undeciphered Vinca Script – One Of The World’s Earliest Writing Systems Discovered

AncientPages.com | February 17, 2018

AncientPages.com - Thousands of years ago, there was a mysterious European culture known as the Vinca culture. These people left a legacy in form of valuable artifacts covered with

Archaeology

Secret Writing On Mummy Papyrus Revealed – Scan Technique Will Shed Light On Daily Life In Ancient Egypt

AncientPages.com | January 1, 2018

AncientPages.com - What secret messages and information could have been written thousands of years ago on scraps of ancient Egyptian papyrus? Hieroglyphics found on the walls of the tombs

Archaeology

Unknown Rock Inscriptions And Earliest Monumental Hieroglyphs In Egypt Shed New Light On Ancient Writing

AncientPages.com | June 27, 2017

AncientPages.com - While excavating in the ancient Egyptian city of Elkab, archaeologists have uncovered several previously unknown rock inscriptions, which include the earliest monumental hieroglyphs dating back around 5,200

The lost “written” language of the Inkas used twists of coloured animal hair rather than ink and paper,

Archaeology

‘Collata Quipu’ May Explain Messages Hidden In Mysterious Writing Of Inca

AncientPages.com | May 10, 2017

AncientPages.com - Two 18th century ‘Collata Quipu’ artifacts preserved in a wooden box by elders of the region located in San Juan de Collata, in the province of Huarochiri, Peru may offer clues