The tablet could predate the earliest known evidence of writing in the Caucasus region by over a thousand years, hinting at a ...

The never-before-seen writing system might correspond to the legendary writing of Colchis mentioned in the Greek myth Jason and the Argonauts.

Following closely after the Longshan period, Erlitou culture sites in Henan and Shanxi provinces reveal a complex, hierarchical society that produced bronze tools, weapons, vessels, and ...