The first alphabet may be 500 years older than previously thought
Egyptian hieroglyphics were used 3,250 years before our era, but there is an even older precursor: the cuneiform writing of Mesopotamia
‘Dutch Stonehenge’ reveals 4,000-year-old solar calendar
The site in Tiel has been compared to the megalithic monument in England and among the artefacts uncovered is crystal bead that traveled 3,100 miles from Mesopotamia