The book is Hammer’s account of the deciphering of cuneiform, the oldest known writing system. Cuneiform was invented in around 3400 BC in Mesopotamia. It was used for… ...

The cuneiform sign for "head" evolved over more ... The writing systems that evolved from pictographs are still in wide use today, most notably Chinese. Alphabetic writing systems like Latin ...

They use letters and numbers to lay out information in plain language but they also use symbols or pictograms to communicate information about road conditions, driving requirements, and more.