Origins of Writing at the USU Museum of Anthropology

Continuing its “Saturdays at the Museum” series, Utah State University’s Museum of Anthropology looks to Mesopotamia and Egypt for its “Origins of Writing Day.” Activities are Saturday, Nov. 15.

“The creation of writing was a great advance for humankind, and there is so much that would have been lost without it,” said museum worker Kandice Newren. “A fun fact is that the alphabet started in Egypt.”

 

Museum guests will be able to write their name in Egyptian or Cuneiform and make tokens used for accounting and trading. USU students and members of the public are invited to the museum any time during the 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday hours.

 

The USU Museum of Anthropology is on the USU campus in the south turret of the historic Old Main building, room 252. Free parking is available in the adjacent lot, south of the building. For more information on this event, call museum staff at (435) 797-7545 or visit the museum Web site.

 

Anthropology Program