The decoration of pottery and seals in the Halafian culture reflects a high level of mathematical awareness,’ researcher says ...

An 8,000-year-old pottery vessel has revealed that Mesopotamians were using mathematics years before numbers and writing were invented, according to a recent study. Up until now, the first records of ...

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