Greg Jenner is joined in ancient Mesopotamia by Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid and comedian Phil Wang to learn about the history of cuneiform, the oldest writing system in the world. In the 19th Century, ...

First used around 5 500 years ago, the Sumerian script is the oldest writing system on record. It went through major evolutionary changes during its lifetime and became known as cuneiform.

which was key to also deciphering the Elamite and Sumerian scripts. Closer home, a breakthrough in the decipherment of the Brahmi script was made using a bilingual coin minted by the Indo-Bactrian ...