Welcome to the section devoted to the world’s earliest written records.

The tablets that first gave shape to history.  Long before paper or parchment, people pressed their thoughts into wet clay, stone, and metal, leaving behind messages that have endured for millennia. These inscriptions mark the dawn of law, trade, belief, and storytelling, fragments of civilisations that once defined the ancient world.

 Each tablet featured here is examined through archaeology, translation, and material analysis to uncover what lies beyond the surface. From the Sumerian King List to the Persepolis Fortification Tablets, these are the voices of the earliest writers, speaking across time through symbols carved by hand.

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