The 2,000-year-old geoglyphs offer clues to the ancient Nazca people and their rituals.

Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research ...

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

Co-authors Kathryn Kelley and Mattia Cartolano from the University of Bologna's Department of Classical Philology and Italian ...

The world's oldest known system of writing was influenced by symbols used for trade — engravings found ... said in a ...

So, the first question driving an intriguing, though controversial, new study was: “Did seal imagery contribute significantly ...

Almost half of those surveyed couldn’t name a single national symbol. They are used to forge a national identity in many ...

Research suggests ancient Mesopotamian trade symbols found on cylinder seals contributed to the development of proto-cuneiform writing.

Cats are quicker than babies to associate a picture of a word with its corresponding picture, new research shows.

Symbols are allotted to political parties as per the provisions of the Symbols Order by the Election Commission of India (ECI). In the largest democracy where a sizeable population is still ...

The world's oldest known system of writing was influenced by symbols used for trade — engravings ... known from cylinder seals are directly related to the development of writing in southern ...