Cuneiform, the earliest known writing system, was invented in Mesopotamia around 3100 B.C.E. Before cuneiform, humans used proto-cuneiform, a simpler system that appeared around 3350 to 3000 B.C.E.

The writing system is 6,000 years old, but its influence is still felt today Anne Trubek A museum worker wearing gloves holds up a cuneiform clay tablet, one of a collection of over 100, on ...

Cuneiform-inspired polymer could be the future of sustainable digital storage (or not) Australian researchers are adapting the long-extinct writing method to store digital data By Alfonso Maruccia ...