We explore stunning similarities between Native American, ancient Egyptian, and Inca cultures. Our journey uncovers ...

How social media is pushing back against the still common idea that African societies never had a knowledge system.

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest writing system, according to new research.

Italian researchers suggest that symbols from the oldest writing system in the world may have come directly from cylinder seal motifs.

Columnist Zaid Alsubaiei reflects on the national writing crisis, its causes, and what Penn students can do about it.

The alphabetic writing system was identified on finger-length clay cylinders excavated from a tomb in an ancient Syrian city known as Tell Umm-el Marra.

Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world's oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate designs left behind by engraved cylindrical seals that were rolled across ...

Writing is a complex system of rules that tells us how to arrange and interpret symbols to convey all kinds of information, from literal descriptions to abstract thoughts.

Plenty of students feel like essays are a thing of the past. Writing five pages on a single topic in an age dominated by short-form writing in social media seems excessive. However, professors ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Ben Bacon, a London-based furniture conservator, about decoding a 20,000-year-old writing system.

Given that our writing system already makes kids learn the difference between H and h, B and b, G and g, E and e, and so on, why must we saddle them with even more variations like the cursive ...