Archaeologists traced the invention of the lock and key back to Mesopotamia around 4,000 BCE. The first wooden pin locks, later adopted in Egypt and Greece, reveal just how advanced early ...

The origins of writing in ancient Mesopotamia and beyond may rest on a group of cylindrical seals. A team of archeologists from the University of Bologna in Italy has identified a series of ...

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Researchers have made another major stride in understanding humanity’s origins of writing. In Mesopotamia, the birthplace of ...

List of illustrations -- Note on the text -- Chronology -- Eridu -- Uruk -- Shuruppak -- Akkad -- Ur -- Nippur -- Sippar -- Ashur -- Nineveh -- Babylon -- Notes and ...

The world's oldest known system of writing was influenced by symbols used for trade — engravings found on cylinders used in the exchange of farming produce and textiles, a new study suggests. The ...

Before you splurge on that Louis Vuitton bag, take a closer look, because fakes are getting harder to spot than ever. The wheel is one of humanity's most transformative inventions. It traces back to ...

Couples in Mesopotamia could have been the first ones smooching as we know it. New research analyzing written records from the area reveals that people in the Cradle of Civilization could have ...