cylinder seals. These cylindrical objects have patterns and images embossed on them, and leave a rectangular collection of symbols when rolled over sheets of wet clay. The symbols often referred ...

Seals were most often made of stone but also sometimes of bone, ivory, faience, glass, metal, wood, or even sun-dried or baked clay. A recessed inscription was carved onto the cylinder, which produced ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 4,400-year-old jade seal at Seyitömer Höyük, Turkey. It is the oldest of its kind in Inner ...

So, the makers choosing to end Max Thieriot’s character’s storyline in Season 6 made sense. Will Max Thieriot return as Clay ...

The initial discovery of clay seal impressions dating back to the early third millennium BC in 2021 drew attention to the site. Following damage to parts of the area, a first season of archaeological ...