Sixty-one rods were unearthed between 2004 and 2008 in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, at the Qin Mausoleum of Shenheyuan for royalty during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC). Provided to China Daily ...

Halafian pottery shows that early agricultural societies practiced advanced mathematical thinking through plant-based art long before writing.

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Archaeologists working in northern Mesopotamia say they have uncovered visual patterns that look a lot like structured counting, even though no written numerals existed at the time. The claim is bold: ...

Scientists have found proof of mathematics being used by a society long before formal numbers were invented. The Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia painted floral patterns on pottery that follow ...

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