The oldest known true writing system is cuneiform, invented around 3200 BC in Mesopotamia. It was preceded by a simpler system called proto-cuneiform, which was in use from 3350 to 3000 BC.

The finding reinforces an idea proposed in earlier research: that cuneiform script — which was developed in early Mesopotamia ...

New discoveries at an ancient city in Iraq, including written tablets and a game board, may shed light on its hidden history.

Spadoni, an associate professor of history at UCF, and a team of researchers made the new discoveries during field work at ...