[Photo provided to China Daily] Specifically ... and then became fascinated by ancient Chinese writings, such as xiaozhuan (small seal script) and lishu (clerical script). "I learned from my ...

but the know-how involved in this ancient craft is fading, with only a few of the owners still making stone seals by hand. Seal carving dates back to the Spring and Autumn period in China (770 ...

identified individual symbols carved into ancient Mesopotamian seals—used for tracking goods and conducting trade—that seem to have directly transformed into proto-cuneiform signs, a script ...