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Writing pressed into clay

Cuneiform: A large cuneiform inscription found on the south side of the Van Castle hill, four kilometres west of modern-day Van, in eastern Turkey.

Trace how wedge-shaped marks supported accounting, literature and administration across ancient societies.

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