How to Write Cuneiform with Dr. Irving Finkel (opens in new tab)

Listen to How to Write Cuneiform with Dr. Irving Finkel from The Ancients. More than 5,000 years ago, a revolutionary script emerged in the fertile lands of Mesopotamia that would transform how people counted, governed, worshipped and told stories. This was cuneiform, the world’s earliest known writing system.In this episode of The Ancients, Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr Irving Finkel to uncover how cuneiform actually worked and how you would write it yourself. From humble beginnings as simp...