Archeologists digging near Mexico’s Gulf Coast have discovered the earliest-known example of writing in Mesoamerica, pushing the date for the appearance of this cultural breakthrough back by at least ...

Archeologists working on the gulf coast of Mexico have uncovered a 3,000-year-old stone tablet that bears the oldest writing in the Western Hemisphere and the first text unambiguously linked to the ...

WASHINGTON - Symbols carved on stones 2,600 years ago in Mexico suggest that the Olmecs, an early North American people, invented the first writing system in the Americas and that the symbols were ...

Symbols carved on stones 2,600 years ago may be the earliest form of writing ever found in the New World, scientists say. Researchers discovered the symbols of a ceramic cylinder and pieces of ...

Archaeologists digging near Mexico's Gulf coast have discovered the earliest known example of writing in the New World, pushing back the date for the appearance of this crucial cultural development by ...