This ancient writing system was used more than 5000 years ... they apparently invented their own symbols—and didn't bother to keep track of them in an organized way, expert Jacob Dahl told ...

The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems used from around 3000 BC. The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ...

At Tell Umm-el Marra, finger-length clay cylinders, unearthed by Johns Hopkins University archaeologists, show engraved symbols—possibly the earliest alphabetic writing—found at this ancient ...

A series of Maya hieroglyphs may look like just so many pretty pictures or symbols to you ... You can both read the ancient Maya (transcribed using the Roman alphabet) and hear it spoken (by ...