Among nomadic tribes, owning a flock of cows was not the only symbol of wealth ... inhabited the Bandiagara Escarpment in Mali. The Dogon people migrated to the escarpment region around the ...

Ancient Origins of Writing Traced to Mysterious 6,000-Year-Old Symbols Comparison of the 'fringed cloth' motif and proto-cuneiform signs. ( Kelley et al., Antiquity , 2024 ) ...