#cuniform — Public Fediverse posts

The Mystery of the World's Oldest Writing System Remained Unsolved Until Four Competitive Scholars Raced to Decipher It [Shared]

In the 1850s, cuneiform was just a series of baffling scratches on clay, waiting to spill the secrets of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/06/30/the-mystery-of-the-worlds-oldest-writing-system-remained-unsolved-until-four-competitive-scholars-raced-to-decipher-it-shared/

#history #discovery #language #cuniform #Assyrian #discovery #translation #smithsonian #shared

Origins of world's earliest writing point to symbols on 'seals' used in Mesopotamian trade

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/origins-of-worlds-earliest-writing-point-to-symbols-on-seals-used-in-mesopotamian-trade

#archaeology #anthropology #ancienthistory #history #prehistory #humanities #linguistics #language #writing #cuniform #mesopotamia

Archaeologists Unearth a Secret Lost Language From 3,000 Years Ago

https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-unearth-a-secret-lost-language-from-3000-years-ago

#archaeology #anthropology #ancient #turkiye #hittites #cuniform #language #linguistics