From this point on, Mesopotamian texts mention only Dilmun ... A square Indus Valley stamp seal (left) and a lapis lazuli cylinder seal (right) from Mesopotamia An unusually large Dilmun stamp ...

Moreover, they invented the cylinder seal, a personal identification seal for citizens. Sumerian Uruk is considered the first city in the world by some historians, boasting a population ranging from ...

Kawai mused that all media and media devices are ephemeral. In the distant future, an unearthed SD memory card may be as alien to archeologists as Sumerian cylinder seals are to digital natives. A ...