New discoveries of Stone Age symbols in Germany could push back the history of writing by over 30,000 years, potentially rewriting our understanding of early human communication.

For 40,000 years, these bone-carved figurines lay silent, until now, exposing a lost story of our prehistoric ancestors.

Despite the structural parallels to protocuneiform, the researchers caution that the Ice Age markings are not akin to later scripts that encode speech, and they do not attempt to read the signs. Still ...

Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis ...

If not for the work of two scholars, Alice Kober and Michael Ventris, the ancient Greek script Linear B would likely still be ...

David Kaplan, the producer of Beth de Araújo’s Sundance prizewinning 'Josephine,' discusses what it took to make the film ...

Carpenter Box, part of Sumer Group, the UK’s fastest-growing mid-market accountancy practice, announced a merger with the Brighton office of Hartley Fowler, a highly respected accounting firm serving ...

Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides receives funding from the Gerda Henkel Foundation. Michael B. Charles does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...

The Sumerians are often credited with founding the world’s first civilization—but where did they come from? Their language, culture, and innovations shaped Mesopotamia, yet their origins remain ...