Now, a new paper suggests that one of the world’s earliest writing systems may have been influenced by older symbols engraved on small cylinders. These stone “cylinder seals” helped our ...

PRESENTER:'They don't have an alphabet like ours, every word has its own picture. PRESENTER:'The earliest writing comes from 3,500 years ago, 'when China was ruled by the Shang dynasty.

This piece of clay contains some of the earliest writing in the world. It's called 'cuneiform,' which means wedge-shaped. This tablet is a record of the daily beer rations for workers. Beer here ...

A period of forty years separates the death of Jesus from the writing of the first gospel. History offers us little direct evidence about the events of this period, but it does suggest that the ...

Exhibition details China's earliest-known writing system in display of precious archaeological artifacts, Wang Ru and Shi ...

Exhibition details China's earliest-known writing system in display of precious archaeological artifacts, Wang Ru and Shi Baoyin report. During an international academic seminar in 1989 ...