Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research suggests that these markings informed the development of writing Sarah Kuta ...

Here’s how it works. The world's oldest known system of writing was influenced by symbols used for trade — engravings found on cylinders used in the exchange of farming produce and textiles ...

The Israel Defense Forces will send out another 7,000 draft orders to members of the ultra-Orthodox community next week after the first phase of a plan to draft Haredi soldiers was largely ...